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Cholinergic neurons intrinsic to the primate external pallidum
Author(s) -
Eid Lara,
Parent Martin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
synapse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.809
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1098-2396
pISSN - 0887-4476
DOI - 10.1002/syn.21828
Subject(s) - nucleus basalis , cholinergic , neuroscience , cholinergic neuron , primate , biology , population , anatomy , medicine , environmental health
We report the presence of a small population of cholinergic neurons closely intermingled with external pallidal neurons in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). The majority of these cholinergic pallidal neurons are devoid of Nerve Growth Factor receptor (NGFr), which sets them apart from the population of corticopetal NGFr‐rich neurons of the nucleus basalis of Meynert and its ectopic elements that impinge dorsally upon the pallidum via the medullary laminae.