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THE BRAIN STEM LOCALIZATION OF VAGAL PREGANGLIONIC NEURONES IN THE FERRET, MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO
Author(s) -
Withington-Wray D. J.,
Spyer K. M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0144-8757
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1988.sp003159
Subject(s) - nucleus ambiguus , vagus nerve , efferent , anatomy , dorsal motor nucleus , mustela putorius , reticular formation , biology , horseradish peroxidase , nucleus , medulla oblongata , neuroscience , central nervous system , stimulation , zoology , biochemistry , enzyme , afferent
Horseradish peroxidase‐wheatgerm agglutinin was injected into the cervical vagus nerve of adult ferrets. Efferent fibres coursing in the vagus nerve were shown to originate in the dorsal vagal motor nucleus (DmnX), the nucleus ambiguus (nA), a region ventral to the nucleus ambiguus (VnA) and the reticular formation between DmnX and nA. The distribution of vagal preganglionic neurones in the ferret is compared with data already obtained in similar studies conducted in other mammals.