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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Auton Neurosci. 2021 Sep 28;236:102887. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102887

Fig. 2:

Fig. 2:

Schematic overview of the distribution of vagus nerve’s branches. Inset on top left summarizes the central distribution of vagal afferent information through the NTS. Abbreviations for periphery: ac, celiac artery; agd, right gastric artery; agd, left gastric artery; ahc, common hepatic artery; al, splenic artery; ams, superior mesenteric artery, la, larynx; ph, pharynx; tr, trachea. Abbreviations for brain areas: amb, nucleus ambiguus; AP, area postrema; BST, bed nucleus of stria terminalis; DM, dorsomedial thalamic nucleus; CeA, central nucleus of amygdala; LHA, lateral hypothalamic area; NTS, nucleus tractus solitarii; PAG, periaqueductal gray; PVN, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; PBN, parabrachial nuclei; RVL, rostroventrolateral medulla; SN, substantia nigra; VPM, ventroposteromedial thalamic nucleus; 5, trigeminal motor nucleus; 7, facial nucleus; 10/dmnX, dorsal vagal motor nucleus. Modified from Berthoud and Neuhuber, 2000, Auton. Neurosci. 85, 1-17.