Table 2.
Phenotypic analysis of the major limbic inputs to the medial preoptic area
| GAD65+/FG+ | vGluT1+/FG+ | vGluT2+/FG+ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nucleus Accumbens | |||
| core | + | - | - |
| shell | ++ | - | - |
| Lateral Septum | |||
| intermediate | +++ | - | - |
| rostral | +++ | - | - |
| ventrolateral | +++ | - | - |
| Amygdala | |||
| central, medial | +++ | - | - |
| medial, ad | +++ | - | - |
| medial, av | +++ | - | - |
| medial, pd | ++ | - | - |
| medial, pv | + | - | ++ |
| Hippocampus | |||
| CA1, ventral | - | ++ | - |
| subiculum, v | - | ++ | - |
| Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis | |||
| anterodorsal | ++ | - | - |
| anterolateral | +++ | - | - |
| anteromedial | ++ | - | - |
| fusiform | ++ | - | - |
| interfascicular | ++ | - | - |
| principal | +++ | - | - |
| transverse | ++ | - | - |
| ventrolateral | +++ | - | - |
| Hypothalamus | |||
| dorsomedial, d | ++ | - | + |
| dorsomedial, v | ++ | - | - |
| lateral | ++ | - | + |
| perifornical | ++ | - | - |
| posterior | + | - | ++ |
| ventromedial | - | - | +++ |
| Periaqueductal gray | |||
| medial | + | - | - |
| rostromedial | + | - | - |
| ventrolateral | + | - | - |
| Other | |||
| thalamus, pvt | - | - | ++ |
(-) widely scattered dual-labeled cells (substantially less than 25% of cells); (+) dual-labeling in 25-50% of cells; (++) dual-labeling in the majority of cells (50-75%); (+++) most, if not all, FG+ cells double-labeled. n = 5. ad: anterodorsal, av: anteroventral, d: dorsal, p: posterior, pd: posterodorsal, pv: posteroventral, pvt: paraventricular, v: ventral