Efferent projections of the interpeduncular complex in the rat, with special reference to its subnuclei: a retrograde horseradish peroxidase study

Brain Res. 1984 Apr 2;296(2):345-9. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(84)90071-4.

Abstract

Projections of the subnuclei of the interpeduncular complex were studied by the retrograde horseradish peroxidase technique in the rat. The pars caudalis and pars dorsalis magnocellularis project to the septum, hippocampus and entorhinal cortex; a part of the pars medialis and the pars paramediana, to the dorsal thalamus; all subnuclei, to the midbrain raphe; and the pars lateralis, to the dorsal tegmental nucleus.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / anatomy & histology*
  • Efferent Pathways / anatomy & histology
  • Female
  • Hippocampus / anatomy & histology
  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • Hypothalamus / anatomy & histology
  • Male
  • Mesencephalon / anatomy & histology
  • Neurons / ultrastructure
  • Raphe Nuclei / anatomy & histology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Septum Pellucidum / anatomy & histology
  • Tegmentum Mesencephali / anatomy & histology*
  • Thalamic Nuclei / anatomy & histology

Substances

  • Horseradish Peroxidase