Table 2.
ACE2 immunoreactivity in richly vascularized regions of rat brain.
| Region | RFI unit* |
|---|---|
Telencephalon
|
|
| Main olfactory bulb | 4.1 |
| • mitral cell layer (MCL) | 7.35 |
| • external plexiform layer (EPL) | 10 |
| • glomerular layer (MOBgl) | |
| Diencephalon | |
| Lateral habenula (LHb) | 7.64 |
| Mammillary bodies (MM) | 9.23 |
| Paraventricular nucleus (PVN) | 8.41 |
| Supraoptic nucleus (SON) | 9.92 |
| Suprammamillary nucleus (SUM) | 7.08 |
| Mesencephalon | |
| Dorsal raphe (DR) | 6.99 |
| Interpeduncular nucleus (IP) | 7.19 |
| Sustantia nigra (SN) | 8.52 |
| Ventral tegmental area (VTA) | 8.76 |
| Pontomedullary region | |
| Gigantocellular reticular nucleus (GRN) | 8.26 |
| Locus coeruleus (LC) | 6.32 |
| Nucleus of tractus solitarius (NTS) | 8.94 |
| Parabrachial nucleus (PBN) | 7.01 |
| Pontine nucleus (PN) | 8.80 |
| Pontine reticular nucleus (PRN) | 8.14 |
| Pre-Bötzinger complex (pre-BötC) | 8.44 |
| Bötzinger complex (BötC) | 8.82 |
| Retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) | 6.48 |
*RFI: values are expressed in relative fluorescence intensity units (RFI units) and correspond to the mean of the emitted light intensity for each region, on a scale going from “0” (0 light emitted) to “10” (maximum intensity assigned from the mean value in the glomerular layer of the main olfactory bulb). See method section for technical details.