Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2008 Jun 11;19(2):424–434. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhn093

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© 2008 The Authors

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

PMC Copyright notice

Figure 2. — Distribution of DAT-ir axons (red) in parasagittal sections of the rat thalamus. DAT-ir axons are presented over micrographs of nearby sections stained for AChE activity that reveal the various thalamic nuclei; these micrographs were rendered partially transparent to attenuate contrast and facilitate visualization of the DAT-ir axons. The lateral distance from the midline is given for each section; anterior is to the right, and posterior to the left in all sections. Note the paucity of immunolabeling in the dorsal thalamic nuclei and compare with the noticeable and extensive labeling in the dorsal thalamic nuclei of the monkey thalamus presented in Figure 1. In the rat, the structures most densely labeled are outside the dorsal thalamus: thalamic reticular nucleus (R), zona incerta (ZI), and lateral habenular nucleus (Hl). The calibration bar applies to (A)-(D). AD, anterodorsal nucleus; AM, anteromedial nucleus; AV, anteroventral nucleus; Ca, anterior commissure; Cd, caudate nucleus; Ci, internal capsule; CL, central lateral nucleus; F, fornix; Hm, medial habenular nucleus; LD, lateral dorsal nucleus; LP, lateral posterior nucleus; MD, mediodorsal nucleus; Pf, parafascicular nucleus; Po, posterior nucleus; Pt, parataenial nucleus; Pv, paraventricular nucleus; Thi, habenulo-interpeduncular tract; VL, ventral lateral nucleus; VM, ventral medial nucleus; VPL, ventral posterior lateral nucleus; VPM, ventral posterior medial nucleus.