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. 1998 Dec 1;18(23):9650–9661. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.18-23-09650.1998

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).