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. 2012 Sep 25;7(9):e45790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045790

Table 1. Distribution of Bscl2 mRNA in the mouse central nervous system.

Cerebral cortex
Cingulate cortex +
Motor cortex +
Primary somatosensory cortex +
Visual cortex +
Orbital cortex +
Indusium griseum ++
Olfactory nucleus ++
Olfactory turbcle +
Piriform cortex ++++
Striatum
Globus pallidus, lateral SC (++)
Globus pallidus, medial SC (++)
Ventral pallidum +
Hippocampus and septum
Dentate gyrus, granular layer ++
Island of Calleja ++
Lateral septal nucleus, ventral ++
Lateral septal nucleus, dorsal +
Medial septal nucleus +++
Nucleus of the limb diagonal band, ventral ++
Nucleus of the limb diagonal band, horizontal ++
Magnocellular preoptic nucleus ++
Pyramidal cell layer of hippocampus ++++
Septohippocampal nucleus ++
Subfornical organ +++
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, medial div +
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, lateral div +
Amygdala
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus, anterior +++
Central amygdaloid nucleus ++
Medial amygdaloid nucleus, posterodorsal +++
Medial amygdaloid nucleus, posteroventral ++
Thalamus
Anterior thalamic nucleus +
Central medial thalamic nucleus ++
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus anterior ++
Lateral habenular +
Medial habenular ++++
Subparafascicular thalamic nucleus SC (++)
Reticular thalamic nucleus +++
Reuniens nucleus ++
Zona incerta ++++
Subincertal nucleus ++++
Hypothalamus
Acruate nucleus ++++
Anterior hypothalamic nucleus ++
Dorsomedial nucleus, mediodorsal +++
Dorsomedial nucleus, central +++
Dorsomedial nuzcleus, medioventral +++
Lateral hypothalamic area SC (++)
Lateral mammillary nucleus ++
Lateral preoptic area +++
Medial mammillary nucleus +
Median preoptic nucleus ++++
Median preoptic nucleus, medial ++++
Median preoptic nucleus, lateral ++++
Medial preoptic area +++
Paraventricular nucleus, ventral +++++
Paraventricular nucleus, lateral magnocellular +++++
Paraventricular nucleus, medial magnocellular +++++
Paraventricular nucleus, anterior parvicellular SC (++)
Paraventricular nucleus, medial parvicellular SC (+)
Paraventricular nucleus, posterior +++
Posterior hypothalamus +++
Premammillary nucleus, dorsal ++
Premammillary nucleus, ventral +++
Subthalamic nucleus SC (+)
Suprachiasmatic nucleus +++
Supraoptic nucleus +++++
Supramammillary nucleus, medial ++
Ventromedial nucleus, central ++
Ventromedial nucleus, dorsomedial +++
Ventromedial nucleus, ventrolateral +++
Ventromedial preoptic nucleus +++
Midbrain and Pons
Barrington’s nucleus +++
Caudal linear nucleus of raphe ++
Central gray of the pons +
Dorsal raphe nucleus +++
Dorsal tegmental area +++
Edinger-Westphal nucleus +++++
Lateral parabrachial nucleus ++
Lateral reticular nucleus
Laterodorsal tegmental area +++
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus ++
Locus coeruleus ++++
Medial parabrachial nucleus SC (+)
Median Raphe +++
Nucleus of Darkschewitch +++
Periaqueductal Grey +
Parabigeminal nucleus +
Pontine nuclei +++
Pontine nucleus, oral part SC (++)
Pontine reticular nucleus, caudal part SC (+)
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleus SC (+)
Red nucleus SC (++)
Reticulotegmental area SC (++)
Reticulotegmental nucleus of the pons ++
Substantia nigra pars compacta ++
Superior colliculus +
Ventral tegmental area ++
Ventral tegmental nucleus ++
Cerebellum
Granular layer +
Medulla
Abducens nucleus SC (++)
Ambiguous nucleus +++++
Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus +++
Facial nucleus SC (++)
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus SC (+)
Hypoglossal nucleus +++
Medial vestibular nucleus ++
Nucleus of the solitary tract, medial +++
Nucleus of the solitary tract, lateral +++
Raphe Magnus + SC
Raphe Obscurus + SC
Raphe Pallidus + SC

Qualitative assessment of Bscl2 mRNA expression across the rostral-caudal extent of the adult mouse brain, as indicated by radioactive in situ hybridisation histochemistry. Levels of expression: +, very low; ++, low; +++, moderate; ++++, high; +++++, very high; SC (+), scattered cells of low expression; SC (++) scattered cells of high expression.