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. 2018 Jul 10;12:51. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00051

Table 3.

Anatomical findings for the NA system in early sensory areas.

Structure Species Significance Reference
V1 Squirrel monkey Noradrenergic projections preferentially to layers 5 and 6 of V1 Morrison et al., 1982a; Lewis et al., 1987
V1 Macaca fascicularis NA innervation much sparser than for 5HT, and least dense in layer 4C Kosofsky et al., 1984
V1 Cynomolgus monkey NA fibers less pronounced than 5HT. Weak in layers 1 and 2, and absent in layer 4Cβ Kosofsky et al., 1984
V1 Rat Decreasing fronto-occipital gradient of NA Kehr et al., 1976
LGN Squirrel monkeys and macaca fascicularis Almost no noradrenergic innervation in the LGN Morrison and Foote, 1986
LGN Rat NA fibers preferentially in the dLGN compared to vLGN and IGL (compared to 5HT fibers preferentially in the vLGN and IGL) Papadopoulos and Parnavelas, 1990
S1 Squirrel monkey Labeling in all layers Morrison et al., 1982b; Lewis et al., 1987
S1 Rhesus monkeys NA concentration highest in somatosensory cortex, lowest in V1 Brown et al., 1979
A1 Macaca fascicularis Sparse innervation (substantially less dense than 5HT or Ach), lowest density in layer 4 Campbell et al., 1987
Olfactory bulb Rat Virtually no labeling fibers in the glomerular layer (first input stage) but fibers preferentially in the internal plexiform, granule cell, and external plexiform layers McLean et al., 1989
IC, CN Rat LC heavily innervates both structures Klepper and Herbert, 1991