The origins and trajectories of somatostatin reticulospinal neurons: a potential neurotransmitter candidate of the dorsal reticulospinal pathway. Academic Article

abstract

• Somatostatin (SOMA)-immunoreactive neurons present in the nucleus gigantocellularis and nucleus raphe magnus formed the origins of a descending pathway from the rostral medulla to the spinal cord. This descending pathway was traced through the central medullary tegmentum and dorsolateral funiculus to innervate the dorsal horn. The location, trajectories and presumed inhibitory nature of SOMA in the spinal cord suggest that SOMA maybe a potential neurotransmitter candidate for the classic dorsal reticulospinal pathway.

authors

• Abbott, Louise

published proceedings

• Brain Res

author list (cited authors)

• Bowker, R. M., & Abbott, L. C.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Bowker, RM||Abbott, LC

publication date

• May 1988

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• BRAIN RESEARCH  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Efferent Pathways
• Guinea Pigs
• Neurons, Efferent
• Neurotransmitter Agents
• Raphe Nuclei
• Reticular Formation
• Somatostatin
• Spinal Cord

PubMed Central ID

• 2898965

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0006-8993(88)91148-1

start page

• 398

end page

• 403

volume

• 447

issue

• 2