Bilateral alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormonergic fiber system from zona incerta to cerebral cortex: combined retrograde axonal transport and immunohistochemical study.
We employed a highly sensitive combination method of retrograde tracing and immunohistochemistry to identify an alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH)-containing fiber pathway from zona incerta to cerebral cortex. Biotin-horseradish peroxidase injected into the parietal cortex of the rat labeled a number of neurons in the zona incerta bilaterally, and simultaneous staining with an alpha-MSH antiserum revealed that a part of these neurons are alpha-MSHergic.
D000818:Animals; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000378:metabolism; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones