Fluorescent retrograde double labeling: axonal branching in the ascending raphe and nigral projections

Science. 1979 May 25;204(4395):873-5. doi: 10.1126/science.441742.

Abstract

Red fluorescent Evans blue and blue fluorescent DAPI-primuline were injected into the anterior-medial and lateral-caudal forebrains, respectively, of the same rats. Separate clusters of cells labeled by retrograde transport were observed in the substantia nigra, while in the dorsal raphe many cells were double-labeled. Thus, single raphe cells send divergent axon collaterals to widespread forebrain areas.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain Mapping / methods
  • Brain Stem / cytology*
  • Cerebral Cortex / cytology*
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Neural Pathways / cytology
  • Raphe Nuclei / cytology*
  • Rats
  • Substantia Nigra / cytology*

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes