Neurotensin-immunoreactive neurons in the ventral striatum of the adult rat: ventromedial caudate-putamen, nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle.
Sections through rat striatum pretreated with colchicine displayed large numbers of neurotensin (NT)-immunoreactive (IR) neurons which were most concentrated in the ventral striatum, i.e. in rostral ventromedial parts of the caudate-putamen and in the nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle. Such neurons were clustered coextensively in the ventromedial caudate-putamen and caudal nucleus accumbens with dense patches of NT-IR fiber and puncta staining. NT-IR neurons were sparsely distributed in other parts of the striatum, except in a thin lamina adjacent to the lateral ventricle and globus pallidus, and along the course of the temporal limb of the anterior commissure.
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Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO 63104.
D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D009496:Neurotensin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000166:cytology*; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000166:cytology*; D011699:Putamen / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000166:cytology*
D009496:Neurotensin