Table 2.
Tracing studies of the spinal nucleus (SN).
| Reference | Species | Tracing technique | Anatomical site of lesion/injection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ganchrow (1978) | Squirrel monkey | Degeneration after lesion; Injection with tritiated amino acids | CS |
| Burton and Craig (1979) | Cat and Cynomolgus | Injection with horseradish peroxidase | Ventroposterior nucleus of the thalamus |
| monkey | |||
| Burton et al. (1979) | Cat | Injection with mixture of amino acids; Injection with horseradish peroxidase | Anterograde: CS Retrograde: ventroposterior nucleus of the thalamus |
| Ikeda et al. (1982) | Cat | Injection with horseradish peroxidase | IS |
| Panneton and Burton (1982) | Cat | Injection with horseradish peroxidase | Rostral trigeminal region |
| Künzle (1998) | Hedgehog tenre | Injection with a mixture of wheat germ agglutinin conjugated to horseradish peroxidase, biotinylated dextran amine and a solution of radioactive aminoacids | SN and PSN |
| Negredo et al. (2009) | Sprague-Dawley rat | Injection with dextran amine | Thalamus |
CS, Caudal subnucleus; IS, Interpolar subnucleus; SN, Spinal nucleus; PSN, Principal sensory nucleus.