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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2008 Nov 10;511(2):221–237. doi: 10.1002/cne.21829

TABLE 1.

Brain Areas Containing Retrogradely Labeled Cells Following Cholera Toxin B (CTB) Injection Into the Medial Paralemniscal Nucleus1

Area Density
Forebrain
    Cerebral cortex
        Prefrontal cortex 0
        Somatomotor cortex +
        Somatosensory cortex +
        Visual cortex 0
    Auditory cortex
            Primary auditory cortex ++
            Secondary auditory cortex ventral part +++
            Secondary auditory cortex dorsal part ++
        Ectorhinal cortex +
        Perirhinal cortex ++
        Insular cortex +
    Claustrum +
    Hippocampus 0
    Amygdala
        Anterior cortical nucleus +
    Septum 0
    Caudate-putamen 0
    Basal forebrain 0
Diencephalon
    Thalamus
        Subparafascicular area ++
        Posterior intralaminar thalamic nucleus ++
        Peripeduncular nucleus ++
        Suprageniculate nucleus ++
        Medial geniculate body
            Medial nucleus ++
    Subthalamic nucleus 0
    Hypothalamus
        Lateral preoptic area ++
        Medial preoptic area +
        Dorsal hypothalamic area +
        Lateral hypothalamic area
            Juxtaparaventricular part ++
            Tuberal part ++
            Peduncular part ++
            Perifornical area ++
        Hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus
            Ventrolateral subdivision +++
            Central subdivision ++
            Dorsomedial subdivision +
        Zona incerta ++
Midbrain
    Medial pretectal nucleus +
    Olivary pretectal nucleus +
    Periaqueductal gray
        Dorsomedial subdivision +++
        Dorsolateral subdivision ++
        Lateral subdivision +++
        Ventrolateral subdivision ++
    Deep mesencephalic nucleus ++
    Superior colliculus
        Superficial layers 0
        Intermediate layers +
        Deep layers ++
    Inferior colliculus
        Central nucleus 0
        Dorsal cortex ++
        External cortex +++
        Nucleus of the brachium ++
    Precuneiform area ++
    Cuneiform nucleus +++
Pons
    Medial paralemniscal nucleus, contralateral ++
    Nucleus of the central acoustic tract +
    Periolivary area ++
    Superior paraolivary nucleus +
    Parabrachial nuclei +
    Medial vestibular nucleus
        Magnocellular part +
Medulla oblongata
    Lateral paragigantocellular nucleus +
    Spinal trigeminal nucleus +
    Intermediate reticular nucleus, contralateral +
Cerebellum 0
1

Brain regions where we did not observe labeled cells are not included or are marked with 0 density. +, 1-5 cells/section; ++, 6-15 cells/section; +++, more than 15 cells/section.