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The pontine nuclei comprising the locus coeruleus (LC) and Barrington’s nucleus (BRN) amongst others form the neural circuitry(s) that coordinates arousal and voiding behaviors. However, little is known about the synaptic connectivity of neurons within or across these nuclei. These include corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF + ) expressing neurons in the BRN that control bladder contraction and somatostatin expressing (SST + ) neurons whose role in this region has not been discerned. To determine the synaptic connectivity of these neurons, we employed optogenetic stimulation with recordings from BRN and LC neurons in brain stem slices of channelrhodopsin-2 expressing SST or CRF neurons. Optogenetic stimulation of CRF +  BRN neurons of  Crf  Cre  ;chr2-yfp  mice had little effect on either CRF +  BRN neurons, CRF –  BRN neurons, or LC neurons. In contrast, in  Sst  Cre  ;chr2-yfp  mice light-activated inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) were reliably observed in a majority of LC but not BRN neurons. The GABA A  receptor antagonist, bicuculline, completely abolished the light-induced IPSCs. To ascertain if these neurons were part of the neural circuitry that controls the bladder, the  trans- synaptic tracer, pseudorabies virus (PRV) was injected into the bladder wall of  Crf  Cre  ;tdTomato  or  Sst  Cre  ;tdTomato  mice. At 68–72 h post-viral infection, PRV labeled neurons were present only in the BRN, being preponderant in CRF +  neurons with few SST +  BRN neurons labeled from the bladder. At 76 and 96 h post-virus injection, increased labeling was observed in both BRN and LC neurons. Our results suggest SST +  neurons rather than CRF +  neurons in BRN can regulate the activity of LC neurons.

Somatostatin Neurons in the Mouse Pontine Nucleus Activate GABAA Receptor Mediated Synaptic Currents in Locus Coeruleus Neurons