title: Inputs to the midbrain dopaminergic complex in the rat, with emphasis on extended amygdala-recipient sectors.
abstract: The midbrain dopaminergic neuronal groups A8, A9, A10, and A10dc occupy, respectively, the retrorubral field (RRF), substantia nigra compacta (SNc), ventral tegmental area (VTA), and ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (PAGvl). Collectively, these structures give rise to a mixed dopaminergic and nondopaminergic projection system that essentially permits adaptive behavior. However, knowledge is incomplete regarding how the afferents of these structures are organized. Although the VTA is known to receive numerous afferents from cortex, basal forebrain, and brainstem and the SNc is widely perceived as receiving inputs mainly from the striatum, the afferents of the RRF and PAGvl have yet to be assessed comprehensively. This study was performed to provide an account of those connections and to seek a better understanding of how afferents might contribute to the functional interrelatedness of the VTA, SNc, RRF, and PAGvl. Ventral midbrain structures received injections of retrograde tracer, and the resulting retrogradely labeled structures were targeted with injections of anterogradely transported Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin. Whereas all injections of retrograde tracer into the VTA, SNc, RRF, or PAGvl produced labeling in many structures extending from the cortex to caudal brainstem, pronounced labeling of structures making up the central division of the extended amygdala occurred following injections that involved the RRF and PAGvl. The anterograde tracing supported this finding, and the combination of retrograde and anterograde labeling data also confirmed reports from other groups indicating that the SNc receives robust input from many of the same structures that innervate the VTA, RRF, and PAGvl.
authors: Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA. zahmds@slu.edu
authors: Daniel S
authors: DS
authors: Zahm
authors: Anita Y
authors: AY
authors: Cheng
authors: Tristan J
authors: TJ
authors: Lee
authors: Comeron W
authors: CW
authors: Ghobadi
authors: Zachary M
authors: ZM
authors: Schwartz
authors: Stefanie
authors: S
authors: Geisler
authors: Kenneth P
authors: KP
authors: Parsely
authors: Clemens
authors: C
authors: Gruber
authors: Ruediger W
authors: RW
authors: Veh
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