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Title: Excitatory amino acid projections to the nucleus accumbens septi in the rat: a retrograde transport study utilizing D[3H]aspartate and [3H]GABA.
Austin Authors: Christie, M J;Summers, R J;Stephenson, J A;Cook, C J;Beart, P M
Affiliation: University of Melbourne, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Unit, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date: 1-Aug-1987
Publication information: Neuroscience; 22(2): 425-39
Abstract: Afferents to the nucleus accumbens septi utilizing glutamate or aspartate have been investigated in the rat by autoradiography following injection and retrograde transport of D[3H]aspartate. Parallel experiments with the intra-accumbal injection of [3H]GABA were employed to establish the transmitter-selective nature of the retrograde labelling found with D[3H]aspartate. The topography of cortical and thalamic perikarya labelled by D[3H]aspartate was extremely precise. D[3H]Aspartate labelled perikarya were found in layer V of agranular insular cortex; bilaterally within prelimbic and infralimbic subareas perikarya, but predominantly ipsilaterally. Ipsilateral labelling was observed in dorsal, ventral and posterior agranular insular cortices, and in perirhinal cortex. Injections into ventral accumbens labelled perikarya in ipsilateral entorhinal cortex, while infusion of D[3H]aspartate into anterior caudate-putamen resulted in labelling of perikarya in ipsilateral cingulate and lateral precentral cortices. Following infusion of D[3H]aspartate, ipsilateral midline thalamic nuclei contained the highest density of labelled perikarya; infusions centred on nucleus accumbens resulted in heavy retrograde labelling of the parataenial nucleus, but labelling was sparse from a lateral site and not observed after injection into anterior caudate-putamen. Less prominent labelling of perikarya was seen in other thalamic nuclei (mediodorsal, central medial, rhomboid, reuniens and centrolateral), mostly near the midline. Perikaryal labelling was also found in the ipsilateral amygdaloid complex, particularly in basolateral and lateral nuclei. Only weak labelling resulted in ventral subiculum. Numerous labelled cells were present bilaterally in anterior olfactory nucleus, although perikarya were more prominent ipsilaterally. Labelled perikarya were not consistently observed in other regions (ventral tegmental area, medial substantia nigra, raphe nuclei and locus coeruleus) known to innervate nucleus accumbens. Presumptive anterograde labelling was detected in ventral pallidum/substantia innominata, ventral tegmental area and medial substantia nigra. [3H]GABA was generally not retrogradely transported to the same regions labelled by D[3H]aspartate; an exception being the anterior olfactory nucleus, where large numbers of labelled perikarya were found. [3H]GABA failed to label perikarya in thalamus and amygdala, and a topographic distribution of label was absent in neocortex.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Gov't Doc #: 2823173
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/12850
Journal: Neuroscience
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2823173
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Amino Acids.metabolism
Amygdala.metabolism.physiology
Animals
Aspartic Acid.diagnostic use
Autoradiography
Cerebral Cortex.metabolism.physiology
Male
Nucleus Accumbens.metabolism.physiology
Olfactory Pathways.metabolism.physiology
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Septal Nuclei.physiology
Synaptic Transmission
Thalamus.metabolism.physiology
Tritium.diagnostic use
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid.diagnostic use
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