Chem. Senses 24: 655-664,
1999
© Oxford University Press 1999
Intramedullary Projections of the Rostral Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in the Rat: Gustatory Influences on Autonomic Output
Department of Animal Physiology, Groningen Graduate School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University of Groningen, The Netherlands 1 Department of Behavioral Biology,Groningen Graduate School for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Correspondence to be sent to: C. Streefland, Department of Neurology, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. e-mail:c.streefland{at}neuro.azg.nl
The efferent connections of the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) in the rat were studied by anterograde transport of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin. Rostral to the injection site, fibers travel through the rostral parvocellular reticular formation and deflect medially or laterally around the motor trigeminal nucleus, giving off few terminals in these nuclei and terminate in the parabrachial nucleus. Moderate projections to the peritrigeminal zone, including the intertrigeminal nucleus and the dorsal subcoeruleus nucleus, were observed. Caudally to the injection site, dense innervations from the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract were detected in the parvocellular reticular formation ventral and caudal to the injection site and in the intermediate and ventral medullary reticular formation. The rostral central and ventral subdivisions of the NTS up to the level where the nucleus of the solitary tract abuts the fourth ventricle and the hypoglossal nucleus, receive moderate input from the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract. In general, the projections from the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract were bilateral with an ipsilateral predominance. The caudal part of the nucleus of the solitary tract, the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and the facial nucleus were not labeled. It is concluded that medullary rNTS projections participate in oral motor behavior and autonomic control of abdominal organs.
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