Table 1.
Qualitative summary of the density of terminals for VGLUT2 and VGAT MnPO/OVLT neurons based on conditional tracing of cases demonstrating robust physiological responses
| VGluT2-ires-Cre mice | VGAT-ires-Cre mice | VGluT2-ires-Cre mice | VGAT-ires-Cre mice | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commissural nucleus of the solitary tract/central canal | ++ | + | Dorsomedial hypothalamus (dorsal) | +++ | +++ |
| Raphe obscurus | +++ | + | Perifornical area | +++ | +++ |
| Parapyrimidal region | +++ | + | Lateral hypothalamus | +++ | +++ |
| Raphe pallidus | +++ | + | Median eminence | +++ | + |
| Barrington's nucleus/laterodorsal tegmental nucleus | +++ | +++ | Lateroanterior hypothalamic nucleus | +++ | ++ |
| Locus coeruleus | ++ | ++ | Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus | +++ | ++ |
| Lateral parabrachial nucleus region | +++ | ++ | Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (posterior) | +++ | +++ |
| Dorsal raphe/median raphe | + | +++ | Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (parvocellular) | ++ | ++ |
| Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray | +++ | +++ | Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (magnocellular) | +++ | +++ |
| Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus | ++ | ++ | Periventricular hypothalamic nucleus | +++ | +++ |
| Dorsal and dorsolateral periaqueductal gray | ++ | + | Xiphoid thalamic nucleus | +++ | ++ |
| Tuberomammillary nucleus | ++ | ++ | Reuniens thalamic nucleus | ++ | ++ |
| Premammillary nucleus | ++ | ++ | Supraoptic nucleus | +++ | ++ |
| Arcuate nucleus | +++ | +++ | Subfornical organ | ++ | +++ |
| Dorsomedial hypothalamus (ventral) | +++ | +++ | Dorsolateral preoptic nucleus | +++ | +++ |
| Dorsomedial hypothalamus (compact) | ++ | ++ | |||
+, Sparse terminal field; ++, moderate terminal field; +++, dense terminal field.