title: Histological determination of the areas enriched in cholinergic terminals and M2 and M3 muscarinic receptors in the mouse central auditory system.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Brain Science, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Houtani
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trifonov
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kase
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology*; D001306:Auditory Pathways; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D017626:Cochlear Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007245:Inferior Colliculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2 / Q000032:analysis*; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3 / Q000032:analysis*; D050494:Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3; D050494:Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins