Table 1.

Distribution and Intensity of BMP7-IR in the rat CNS.

Area	Intensity	Area	Intensity
I. Telencephalon		IV. Pons and medulla
Olafactory bulb		Motor system
Olfactory nerve layer	+++	Trigeminal motor nucleus	+++
Glomerular layer	++	Hypoglossal nucleus	+++
External plexiform layer	++	General somatosensory system
Mitral cell layer	++	Trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus	+++
Granular layer	++	Trigeminal spinal nucleus	+++
Subependymal layer	++	General visceromotor system
Cerebral cortex	++	Dorsal nucleus of the vagus	++
Hippocampal formation		General viscerosensory system
Ammon's horn	++	The nucleus of the solitary tract	++
Dentate gyrus	+++	Special somatosensory system
Amygdala	+	Auditory system
Basal ganglia		Dorsal cochlear nucleus	++
Caudate putamen	++	Ventral cochlear nucleus	+++
Globus pallidus	++	Inferior colliculus	++
Ilands of Calleja	++	Vestibular system
Corpus callosum	+++	Medial vestibular nucleus	+++
II. Diencephalon		Pontine dorsal tegmental nucleus	+++
Thalamus		Pontine nucleus	+++
Reticular nucleus	+++	Area postrema	++++
Medial habenular nucleus	++	Locus coeruleus	++++
Lateral habenular nucleus	+	Inferior olive	+++
Ventroposterior nucleus	++	V. Cerebellum
Lateral geniculate nucleus	++	Cortex
Other nuclei	+	Molecular layer	++++
Hypothalamus		Purkinje cell layer	++++
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus	+++	Granule cell layer	++
Other nuclei	+	Cerebellar nuclei	+++
Median eminence	++++	VI. Spinal cord
III. Midbrain		Dorsal horm	+++
Red nucleus	++	Ventral horn	+++
Substantia nigra	++
Interpeduncular nucleus	++++
Oculomotor nucleus	+++
Superior colliculus	++

Relative intensities were estimated by visual comparison of immunostained slide: +, low; ++, moderate; +++, strong; ++++, very strong.