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 |