title: Source of cholinergic input to ferret visual cortex.
abstract: The source of cholinergic input to ferret visual cortex was investigated with a combination of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase and choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry. Cholinergic projections to ferret visual cortex arise from basal forebrain cells in the septum, diagonal and nucleus basalis magnocellularis; the largest contribution comes from cells in the caudal part of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis. There is no discernible source in the brainstem.
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase