The pattern of spinal and medullary projections from a cutaneous nerve and a muscle nerve of the forelimb of the cat: A study using the transganglionic transport of HRP
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Comparative Neurology
- Vol. 246 (1), 70-84
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.902460105
Abstract
The transport of HRP into the spinal cord and medulla in the cat has been examined from a forelimb cutaneous nerve, the lateral superficial radial nerve (LSR), and from the muscle nerves supplying both heads of the forelimb muscle, extensor carpi radialis (ECR). HRP transported by the LSR was widely distributed in the spinal cord throughout laminae I-IV in the vicinity of the root entry zone and from spinal segments T1 to C5. HRP was also transported from the LSR to the medulla where there was intense patchy, discontinuous labelling in the main cuneate nucleus. The pattern of labelling in the cuneate nucleus did not follow any simple somatotopic plan. Exposure of the muscle nerve to HRP led to labelling in the spinal dorsal horn in lamina I, in the deep dorsal horn on the lamina V/VI border, and in lateral and medial lamina VI at sites that contain cells of origin of spinocerebellar tracts. The medial lamina VI label was contiguous with a deposit that extended medially to the central canal. The label in lateral lamina VI was patchy and formed a discontinuous column from T1 to C5. HRP transported by the muscle nerve also produced label in the more ventral regions of the cuneate nucleus where it had a lacy appearance, in part due to its extensive distribution around dendrites. A relatively dense, patchy, and discontinuous deposit of reaction product was also present in the external cuneate nucleus after muscle nerve exposure. This deposit was most intense on the dorsomedial surface of this nucleus, but another, less intense, deposit was also present ventrally.Keywords
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