Downstream projection of Barrington’s nucleus to the spinal cord in mice
Masahiro Kawatani, William C. de Groat, Keiichi Itoi, Katsuya Uchida, Kenji Sakimura, Akihiro Yamanaka, Takayuki Yamashita, Masahito Kawatani
Abstract
axons in the adult mouse spinal cord elicits excitatory or inhibitory postsynaptic responses in multiple cell types related to the autonomic nervous system including preganglionic neurons (PGNs) in the lumbosacral intermediolateral nucleus and interneurons in the lumbosacral dorsal commissure nucleus. Integration of excitatory inputs from Bar and from visceral primary afferents in PGNs may be important in the regulation of micturition behavior.
Topics & Concepts
NeuroscienceExcitatory postsynaptic potentialSpinal cordInhibitory postsynaptic potentialPostsynaptic potentialGlutamatergicNucleusOptogeneticsChemistryBiologyGlutamate receptorReceptorBiochemistryNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchZebrafish Biomedical Research ApplicationsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research