Abstract
The distribution and size of presumptive cholinergic somata in the brainstem of the Savanna monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus were determined using the enzyme histochemical marker NADPH-diaphorase. Numerous neurons were labelled in the lizard brainstem with this technique. A three dimensional computer reconstruction of this population revealed that it shows marked similarity to the laterodorsal tegmental/pedunculopontine tegmental cholinergic cell column, an NADPH-diaphorase positive population in the mesopontine tegmentum of the mammalian brainstem.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-132 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Neuroscience letters |
Volume | 148 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 14 1992 |
Keywords
- Acetylcholine
- Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus
- NADPH-diaphorase
- Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus
- Reptile
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience