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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2010 May 1;518(9):1460–1499. doi: 10.1002/cne.22283

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Transverse images from the dorsolateral pons show PVH axons (red, PHAL) in the pre-locus coeruleus (pre-LC). These confocal montages were spaced 200μm apart and arranged from rostral (A) to caudal (F). Case #2223; see Figures 2 & 3 for injection site. The nuclear core of the LC (TH-immunoreactive neurons, ice-blue) contained minimal axonal labeling. Some varicose axons coursed through its perinuclear dendritic field (peri-LCrm) and the medial edge of the LC. Relative to the pre-LC and PBm, these perinuclear TH-labeled dendrites were not densely targeted, but when examined in individual confocal planes (not shown) some did appear to receive close contacts with PHAL-labeled boutons, consistent with prior electron microscopic observations (Reyes et al., 2005). Scale bar = 100 μm.