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Does the precommissural fornix excite neurons in the cat dorsal septum which project to the medial preoptic region?

Does the precommissural fornix excite neurons in the cat dorsal septum which project to the... 221 62 62 3 3 J. I. Hubbard N. E. Sirett R. G. Mills B. I. Hyland Department of Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience University of Otago Medical School P.O. Box 913 Dunedin New Zealand Summary The possibility that effects of fornix stimulation on units in the medial preoptic region (MPO) may be via an interposed neuron in the dorsal septum was investigated using electrophysiological techniques. We found a reciprocal monosynaptic linkage between the MPO and the dorsal, medial and fimbrial septal nuclei. When recording in the MPO, stimulation of the dorsal septum affected 59% of spontaneously active units. Of all MPO units synaptically excited by stimulation of the dorsal septum 33% also had an input from the fornix. When recording in the dorsal septum during stimulation of the MPO and fornix, units synaptically driven by, or antidromically invaded following MPO stimulation, were found in caudal regions of the DS and units excited by stimulation of the fornix were located in more rostral regions. Units excited by stimulation of the fornix were never antidromically invaded following stimulation in the MPO, so there was no direct pathway for fornix excitation in the dorsal septum to reach the MPO. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Experimental Brain Research Springer Journals

Does the precommissural fornix excite neurons in the cat dorsal septum which project to the medial preoptic region?

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1986 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Biomedicine; Neurosciences; Neurology
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0014-4819
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1432-1106
DOI
10.1007/BF00236041
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221 62 62 3 3 J. I. Hubbard N. E. Sirett R. G. Mills B. I. Hyland Department of Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience University of Otago Medical School P.O. Box 913 Dunedin New Zealand Summary The possibility that effects of fornix stimulation on units in the medial preoptic region (MPO) may be via an interposed neuron in the dorsal septum was investigated using electrophysiological techniques. We found a reciprocal monosynaptic linkage between the MPO and the dorsal, medial and fimbrial septal nuclei. When recording in the MPO, stimulation of the dorsal septum affected 59% of spontaneously active units. Of all MPO units synaptically excited by stimulation of the dorsal septum 33% also had an input from the fornix. When recording in the dorsal septum during stimulation of the MPO and fornix, units synaptically driven by, or antidromically invaded following MPO stimulation, were found in caudal regions of the DS and units excited by stimulation of the fornix were located in more rostral regions. Units excited by stimulation of the fornix were never antidromically invaded following stimulation in the MPO, so there was no direct pathway for fornix excitation in the dorsal septum to reach the MPO.

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Experimental Brain Research – Springer Journals

Published: May 1, 1986

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