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. 2007 Jun 18;8:40. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-8-40

Table 1.

Location of retrogradely labelled neurons in brainstem nuclei of the fetal sheep at G140 and G55.

Nucleus Gestational Age
G140 G55
"cap" around the icp Inline graphic Inline graphic
Ambiguus nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Cells within pyramidal tract Inline graphic Inline graphic
Cuneate nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Deep mesencephalic nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Dorsal paragigantocellular reticular nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Dorsal raphe nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Edinger-Westphal nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
External cuneate nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Gracile nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Gray matter of dorsal horn Inline graphic Inline graphic
Gray matter of ventral horn Inline graphic Inline graphic
Intermediolateral gray Inline graphic Inline graphic
Interstitial nucleus of the mlf Inline graphic Inline graphic
Kölliker-Fuse nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Labelling along border edge of cuneate nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Labelling around the superior olivary complex Inline graphic Inline graphic
Lateral reticular nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Locus coeruleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Medullary reticular formation (dorsal) Inline graphic Inline graphic
Medullary reticular formation (ventral) Inline graphic Inline graphic
Nucleus of Darkschewitsch Inline graphic Inline graphic
Nucleus of the solitary tract Inline graphic Inline graphic
Nucleus of the trapezoid body Inline graphic Inline graphic
Parabrachial nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Paramedian reticular nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Parvocellular reticular nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Pontine reticular nucleus (caudal) Inline graphic Inline graphic
Oral pontine reticular nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Raphe magnus nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Raphe obscurus nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Raphe pallidus nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Red nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Spinal trigeminal nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Subcoeruleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Superior collicular nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic
Vestibular nucleus Inline graphic Inline graphic

Inline graphic = supraspinal projections within the nucleus. Inline graphic = no neurons within the nuclei contain supraspinal projections.