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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2009 Apr 9;1274:55–65. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.03.067

TABLE 1.

1Brain Areas Expressing MEF-2A-Immunoreactive Processes

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.