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. 2015 Sep 25;9:126. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00126

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Comparison of the distribution of NPS mRNA-positive with NPS-immunoreactive neurons in the rat brainstem 1—the periventricular cluster. (A) Schematic drawing from the atlas by Paxinos and Watson (2007), indicating distribution of NPS-positive cell bodies (arrows and red dots) around the fourth ventricle. All schematic drawings are presented in higher magnification in the Supplementary Material. (B) shows distribution of the transcript and (C) of the peptide immunoreactivity at approximately the same level. Note the similar distribution of the NPS neurons in the periventricular cluster visualized with in situ hybridization (NPS mRNA) and immunohistochemistry (NPS peptide). The section in (C) is from a colchichine-treated rat. (A) is reproduced from Paxinos and Watson (2007), with permission. Scale bar: 200 μm (C), applies to (B,C).