TABLE 2.
The proportion (>2%) and involved physiological behaviors of nuclei that that receive output from NTSPNMT neurons.
| Brain region | Nucleus | Proportion (%) | Physiological behaviors | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diencephalon | LH | 7.80 | Sleep–wake behaviors; respiration; appetitive behaviors; offensive/defensive behaviors; pain | 79, 80 |
| PVH | 3.37 | Hunting; anxiety, stress, respiratory, feeding, behaviors; sleep–wake behaviors; respiration | 56, 61, 62 | |
| DMH | 2.90 | Sleep–wake behaviors; reward, food intake, torpor, thermoregulation | 81, 82, 83 | |
| SHy | 2.17 | Affiliative behavior | 84 | |
| Cerebellum | Crus1 | 2.19 | Social behaviors; sensory hypersensitivity | 85 |
| Midbrain | VLPAG | 3.89 | Pain; offensive/defensive behaviors; respiration antinociceptive; itch‐scratching; emotion; sleep–wake behaviors; HR | 64, 65, 86 |
| Pons | LPBN | 8.65 | Pain‐like behavior; feeding; respiration | 9, 87, 88 |
| LC | 2.02 | Autonomic arousal; memory linking | 45, 46, 89 | |
| Medulla | RVLM | 10.30 | Oxidative stress; blood pressure; breathing; sleep | 40 |
| CVLM | 7.87 | Sleep control; cardiovascular regulation | 10, 40 | |
| IRt | 3.93 | Postinspiratory activity; swallowing; respiratory‐sympathetic coupling; nose motion | 72 | |
| MVe | 3.81 | Maintaining equilibrium; posture; head position | 76, 77 | |
| preBötC | 3.23 | Breathing | 44 | |
| IO | 2.60 | Tremor; learning and timing of movements | 78 | |
| SuVe | 2.37 | Meteoropathy | 90 | |
| LDTg | 2.05 | Energy balance; reward function; sleep–wake regulation | 55, 91 |