TABLE 1.
Brain region | MEF2A-ir process density | |
---|---|---|
Cortex | Prefrontal | - |
Motor | - | |
Somatosensory | - | |
Visual | - | |
Pyriform | + | |
Entorhinal | - | |
Basal Ganglia | Striatum, dorolateral | - |
Striatum, cental | - | |
Striatum, medial | + | |
Accumbens septal pole | +++ | |
Accumbens shell | ++ | |
Accumbens core | + | |
Striato-tubercle cell bridges | ++ | |
Island of Calleja | - | |
Olfactory tubercle | + | |
Globus pallidus | - | |
Ventral pallidum | ++ | |
Subthalamic nucleus | - | |
Septal complex | Dorsolateral | +++ |
Ventrolateral | +++ | |
Medial | + | |
Bed nucleus stria, dorsal | ++++ | |
Bed nucleus stria, ventral | ++++ | |
Diagonal band of Broca | ++ | |
Substantia innominata | - | |
Hippocampus | Stratum oriens | - |
Stratum pyramidale | - | |
Amygdala | Central, medial | ++ |
Central, lateral | +++ | |
Basal | - | |
Basolateral | + | |
Medial | + | |
Posterior | - | |
Intercalated | + | |
Thalamus | Anteroventral | - |
Anterodorsal | - | |
Reuniens | ++ | |
Paraventricular | +++ | |
Intermediodorsal | ++ | |
Centrolateral | - | |
Paracentral | - | |
Parafascicular | + | |
Ventroposterolateral/medial | - | |
Medial geniculate | - | |
Lateral geniculate | - | |
Hypothalamus | Paraventricular | ++++ |
Periventricular | ++/+++ | |
Anterior hypothalamic area | +/++ | |
Medial preoptic | ++ | |
Supraoptic | ++/+++ | |
Dorsomedial | +++ | |
Ventromedial | ++/+++ | |
Perifornical | +++ | |
Lateral | ++/+++ | |
Arcuate | +++/++++ | |
Median eminence | +++/++++ | |
Habenula | Medial | + |
Lateral | ++ | |
Midbrain | Ventral tegmental area | + |
Substanta nigra | - | |
Retrorubral field | +/++ | |
Superior colliculus | - | |
Inferior colliculus | - | |
Red nucleus | - | |
Deep mesencephalic nucleus | ++ | |
Peduculotegmental nucleus | ++ | |
Periaqueductal grey | +++ | |
Dorsal raphe | ++/+++ | |
Median raphe | +/++ | |
Pons | Locus coeruleus | ++ |
Lateraldorsal tegmental | ++ | |
Dorsotegmental | + | |
Parabrachial | - | |
Reticular nuc, parvocellular | +++ | |
Superior and Inferior olivary | - |
Plus signs (+) indicate relative densities of MEF2A-ir processes.
Minus signs (-) indicate the absence of MEF2A-ir fibers.