Table 3.
Relative abundance of AC9 mRNA in areas of the mouse brain
Olfactory lobe | |
Olfactory bulb | ++ |
Anterior olfactory nucleus | ++ |
Nucleus of the lat. olfactory tract | + |
Neocortex | |
Frontopolar cortex | ++ |
Frontal cortex | + |
Somatomotor cortex | ++ |
Somatosensory cortex | ++ |
Temporal cortex | + |
Occipital cortex | + |
Retrosplenial cortex | ++ |
Limbic lobe | |
Piriform cortex | +++ |
Cingulate cortex | +++ |
Entorhinal cortex | +++ |
Tenia tecta | ++++ |
Anterior hippocampus | ++++ |
Indusium griseum | ++++ |
Hippocampus | ++++ |
Dentate gyrus | ++++ |
Subiculum | +++ |
Presubiculum | ++ |
Parasubiculum | ++ |
Other limbic areas | |
Dorsal septal nucleus | + |
Lateral amygdaloid nucleus | ++ |
Medial amygdaloid nucleus | + |
Posterior amygdaloid nucleus | + |
Medial habenular nucleus | + |
Interpeduncular nucleus | + |
Striatonigral system | |
Caudate nucleus | + |
Putamen | + |
Entopeduncular nucleus | + |
Substantia nigra | + |
Thalamus | |
Anteroventral thalamic nucleus | ++ |
Paratenial thalamic nucleus | + |
Centromedian thalamic nucleus | + |
Hypothalamus | |
Median preoptic nucleus | + |
Paraventricular nucleus | + |
Supraoptic nucleus | + |
Cerebellar system | |
Purkinje cells | + |
Cerebellar nuclei | ++ |
Inferior olive | ++ |
Pontine nuclei | ++ |
Red nucleus | ++ |
Raphe nuclei | |
Midline raphe nucleus | + |
Nucleus raphe magnus | ++ |
Nucleus raphe pallidus | ++ |
Pontine raphe nucleus | + |
Periaqeductal central gray | + |
Reticular formation | |
Reticular tegmental pontine nucleus | ++ |
Pedunculopontine nucleus | + |
Pontine reticular nucleus | + |
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus | ++ |
Paragigantocellular | + |
Reticular nucleus | + |
Other lower brainstem nuclei | |
Sensory trigeminal nucleus | + |
Motor trigeminal nucleus | + |
Motor facial nucleus | ++ |
Interstitial nucleus of Cajal | + |
Locus coeruleus | + |
Barrington nucleus | + |
Superior olive | + |
Lateral vestibular nucleus (Deiters) | ++ |
Circumventricular organs | |
Organum vasculosum laminae terminalis | + |
Subfornical organ | + |
++++ very high, +++ high, ++ moderate, + labeling with35S-labeled antisense riboprobe derived from the mouse AC9 cDNA sequence (Paterson et al., 1995).