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).