Table 2.
Comparison of PMAT expression with SERT and DAT expression in the midbrain and hindbrain
| Brain area | Protein density |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMAT | SERT | DAT | ||
| Diencephalon | ||||
| Thalamus | ||||
| Medial geniculate nucleus | +++ | + | + | Ase (2000b), Delis (2004) |
| Paraventricular thalamic nucleus | ++ | +++ | ++ | Ase (2000b), Delis (2004) |
| Hypothalamus | ||||
| Arcuate hypothalamic nucleus | +++ | +; +/− | Garris (1993), Ciliax (1996), Freed (1995) | |
| Lateral hypothalamic area | ++ | ++ | +/+; − | Ase (2000b), Ciliax (1996), Delis (2004) |
| Preoptic area | +/− to + | ++ | +/− | Ase (2000b), Ciliax (1996) |
| Subfornical organ | +++ | +/− | Ciliax (1996) | |
| Substantia innominata | +/− to + | +/− | Ciliax (1996) | |
| Suprachiasmatic nucleus | +++ | +/− | Ciliax (1996) | |
| Supraoptic nucleus | +/− to + | +/− | Ciliax (1996) | |
| Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus | ++ | +/− | Ciliax (1996) | |
| Zona incerta | + to ++ | + | + | Ase (2000b), Revay (1996), Delis (2004) |
| Mesencephalon | ||||
| Caudal linear nucleus of the raphe | +/− to + | +++ | +/− | Ase (2000b), Sur (1996), Qian (1995), Ciliax (1996), Freed (1995) |
| Dorsal raphe nucleus | +/− | +++ | +/− | Ase (2000b), Sur (1996), Qian (1995), Zhou (2002), Ciliax (1996), Freed (1995) |
| Deep gray layer of the superior colliculus | + | + | + | Ase (2000b), Delis (2004) |
| Deep white layer of the superior colliculus | + | +++ | + | Ase (2000b), Delis (2004) |
| Intermediate gray layer of the superior colliculus | +++ | + | + | Ase (2000b), Delis (2004) |
| Superficial gray layer of the superior colliculus | +++ | + | + | Ase (2000b), Delis (2004) |
| External cortex of the inferior colliculus | +/− | + | + | Ase (2000b), Delis (2004) |
| Nucleus of the brachium of the inferior colliculus | ++ | ++ | + | Ase (2000b), Delis (2004) |
| Periaqueductal gray | +/− to + | +++; ++to +++ | +/−; + | Ase (2000b), Sur (1996), Ciliax (1996), Delis (2004) |
| Deep mesencephalic nucleus | + | ++ | Ase (2000b) | |
| Interpeduncular nucleus | ++ | ++ | Ase (2000b) | |
| Red nucleus | +++ | + | Ase (2000b) | |
| Substantia nigra pars compacta | + to ++ | +++ | +++ | Ase (2000b), Sur (1996), Qian (1995), Zhou (2002), Ciliax (1996), Freed (1995) |
| Substantia nigra pars reticularis | + | ++ | Ciliax (1996), Freed (1995) | |
| Ventral tegmental area | + to ++ | +++ | +++ | Ase (2000b), Zhou (2002), Ciliax (1996), Freed (1995) |
| Locus coeruleus | +/− to + | ++; +++ | +/− | Ase (2000b), Sur (1996), Qian (1995), Zhou (2002), Ciliax (1996), Freed (1995) |
| Rhombencephalon | ||||
| Pontine reticular nucleus | ++ to +++ | + | Ase (2000b) | |
| Cerebellar granule cell layers | +++ | +/− | +/− to + | Sur (1996), Delis (2004) |
| Cerebellar molecular cell layers | + to ++ | +/− | + | Sur (1996), Delis (2004) |
| Purkinje cell layers | + to ++ | +/− | Sur (1996) | |
| Inferior olive | +++ | + | Ase (2000b) | |
| Medial vestibular nucleus, medial caudal part | +/− | +/− | Sur (1996) | |
| Medial vestibular nucleus, parvicellular part | +++ | +/− | Sur (1996) | |
| Pontine nuclei | +++ | + | Ase (2000b) | |
| Raphe magnus nucleus | +++ | +++ | Qian (1995) | |
| Reticulotegmental nucleus of the pons | ++ | ++ to +++ | Qian (1995) | |
Rating scale for protein immunoreactivity density: +/−, very low/absent; +, low; ++, intermediate to high; +++, very high.
Marks separated by a semicolon (e.g. +, ++) indicate differences in reported values between studies. Blank areas indicate regions for which specific expression data are not available.