Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the diffuse, ascending cholinergic projection
systems, the basal forebrain, and the mesopontine large-celled cholinergic cell groups. In …

Dopamine-acetylcholine interactions can take place within and outside the striatum. In the
striatum, cholinergic neurons are large aspiny interneurons that comprise 1%–3% of the …

Lesion of the entorhinal cortex in the adult rat is a model for Alzheimer's disease and
produces a marked increase in acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in the outer molecular …

The present paper is aimed at defining distinctive subdivisions of the human cuneate
nucleus (Cu), evident from prenatal to old life, whose occurrence has never been clearly …

Somatosensory information, conveyed through the gracilis nucleus (GN), is regulated by
descending corticofugal (CF) glutamatergic fibers. In addition, the GN receives cholinergic …

Many parts of the brainstem are known to be innervated by the cholinergic neurons of the
pontomesencephalic tegmentum, but other possible sources of this innervation have rarely …

In an attempt to contribute to the current knowledge of the brainstem reticular formation
synaptic organization, the ultrastructure and distribution of synaptic terminal profiles on …

Several cholinergic regions have been detected in the brainstem of mammals. In general,
these regions are constant among different species, and the nuclear complement is …

The main ascending, excitatory pathway from the cochlea undergoes synaptic interruption in
the dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei. The dorsal cochlear nucleus also forms a feed …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the superior colliculus (SC) of the
microbat has the same neurochemical makeup as that of other mammals. We examined the …