Figure 1.
Cholinergic neurons and networks in the rodent CNS. bas, nucleus basalis; BLA, basolateral amygdala; DR, dorsal raphe; EC, entorhinal cortex; hdb, horizontal diagonal band nucleus; Icj, islands of Cajella; IPN, interpeduncular nucleus; LC; locus ceruleus; ldt, laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; LH, lateral hypothalamus; ms, medial septal nucleus; PPN, pedunculopontine nucleus; si, substantia innominata; SN, substantia nigra; vdb, vertical diagonal band nucleus. Reprinted from Woolf and Butcher, Cholinergic systems mediate action from movement to higher consciousness, 2011, with permission from Elsevier.