Table 9.

Distribution of G-CSF R IR in the brainstem.

Brain stem	Control				AD
	Neuronal cell bodies		Fibers		Neuronal cell bodies		Fibers
	Density	Intensity	Density	Intensity	Density	Intensity	Density	Intensity
Oculomotor nucleus	0/+	0/++	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/+
Trochlear nucleus	+/++	+/++	0/+	0/+	++	+/++	0/+	0/+
Pontine nuclei	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/++	0/+	0/+	0/+
Locus caeruleus	0	0	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/++	0/+	0/+
Mesencephalic nucleus	0/++	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/+++	0/+	0/+	0/+
Dorsal raphe nucleus	0	0	0/++	0/+	0	0	0/+	0/+
Facial motor nucleus	0	0	0	0	0/+	0/+	0/++	0/+
Superior salivatory nucleus	0	0	0/+	0/+	0	0	0/+	0/+
Abducens nucleus	0/+	0/+	0/++	0/+	0/++	0/+	0/++	0/+
Superior olivary nucleus	0/+	0/+	0	0	0	0	0/+	0/+
Inferior olivary nucleus	0/++	0/+	+	+	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/+
Accessory olivary nucleus	0/+	0/+	+	+	0	0	0/++	0/+
Arcuate nucleus	0	0	+	+/++	0/++	0/+	+/++	+
Nucleus ambiguus	0/++	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/+++	0/++	0/+	0/+
Nucleus of solitary tract	0	0	0/+	0/+	0	0	0/+	0/+
Spinal trigeminal nucleus	0/++	0/+	+	+	0/+	0/+	0/+	0/+
Trigeminal motor nucleus	0	0	0/+	0/+	0	0	0/+	0/+
Hypoglossal nucleus	0/+++	0/+	0/++	0/+	0/+++	0/++	0/+	0/+
Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus	0/+	0/+	+	+	0	0	0/+	0/+
Inferior vestibular nucleus	++/+++	+/++	0/++	0/+	0/++	0/+	0/++	0/+
Medial vestibular nucleus	0/++	0/++	0/++	0/+	0/++	0/+	0/+	0/+
Gracile nucleus	0/++	0/++	+	+	0/+++	0/+	0/++	0/+
Cuneate nucleus	0/++	0/++	+	+	0/++	0/+	0/+	0/+

Density: 0: no immunoreactive structures, + up to 10%, ++ 10–50%, +++ more than 50%. Intensity: 0: no immunoreactivity, + faint, ++ moderate, +++ strong. The range of minimum and maximum staining between individual cases is given.