Table 2.
Relative densities of hrGFP-positive fibers and BDA-positive fibers originating from leptin sensitive DMH neurons and generic DMH neurons respectively.
| Structures | hrGFP-IR (cases #6, 5, 65, 9, 8, 4, 12) |
BDA-IR (cases #1, 2, 10, 13) |
|---|---|---|
| LSV | + | + + |
| MS | +/− | + |
| VP | +/− | + |
| BSTLV | + | + + |
| BSTMV | + | + + |
| BST | + | + |
| LPO | + | + + |
| MPA | + | + + + + |
| MPO | + | + + + |
| MnPO | +/− | + + |
| AVPe | + | + + + |
| VLPO | + | + + + |
| VMPO | + | + + + |
| PVA | + | + + |
| PVT | + | + + |
| Pe | + + | + + + |
| LH | + | + + |
| SO | +/− | + |
| AHA | +/− | + + |
| PVH | + + | + + + + |
| DMH | + + | + + + + |
| Arc | + + | + |
| PH | + | + + |
| MMm | + | + + |
| SuMM | + | + + |
| PAG | + | + + |
| DR | +/− | + |
| RP | − | +/− |
| PC | + | + + |
| CGP | +/− | + |
+ + + +, very high; + + +, high; + +, moderate; +, low; +/−; not consistently seen; −, absent.
Abbreviations: AHA, anterior hypothalamic area; Arc, arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus; AVPe, anteroventral periventricular nucleus; BST, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; BSTLV, lateroventral part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; BSTMV, medioventral part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; CGP; central gray of the pons; DMH, dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus; DR, dorsal raphé; LH, lateral hypothalamus; LPO, lateral preoptic area; LSV, ventral part of the lateral septal nucleus; MnPO, Median preoptic nucleus; MPA, medial preoptic area; MPO, medial preoptic nucleus; MS, medial septal nucleus; PAG, periaqueductal gray; PC, precoeruleus; Pe, periventricular hypothalamic nucleus; PH, posterior hypothalamus; PVA, anterior part of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus; PVH, paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; PVT; periventricular thalamus; RP, raphe pallidus; SO, supraoptic nucleus; VLPO, ventrolateral preoptic area; VMPO, ventromedial preoptic area; VP; ventral pallidum