Histological determination of the areas enriched in cholinergic terminals and m2 and m3 muscarinic receptors in the mouse central auditory system

Satoko Hamada, Takeshi Houtani, Stefan Trifonov, Masahiko Kase, Masato Maruyama, Jun Ichi Shimizu, Toshio Yamashita, Koichi Tomoda, Tetsuo Sugimoto

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Abstract

Cholinergic projections to auditory system are vital for coupling arousal with sound processing. Systematic search with in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry indicated that the ventral nucleus of the medial geniculate body and the nucleus of the brachium of the inferior colliculus constituted cholinergic synaptic sites in the brainstem auditory system, containing a significant number of cholinergic axon terminals and m2 receptor-expressing cell bodies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1393-1399
Number of pages7
JournalAnatomical Record
Volume293
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Central auditory system
  • Muscarinic receptors
  • Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anatomy
  • Biotechnology
  • Histology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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