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Excitatory and inhibitory innervation of the mouse orofacial motor nuclei: A stereological study.

Faunes M1,2,3, Oñate-Ponce A1,2, Fernández-Collemann S1,2, Henny P1,2.
The Journal of comparative neurology.J Comp Neurol.2016 Mar 1;524(4):738-58. doi: 10.1002/cne.23862. Epub 2015 Oct 8.
Neurons in the trigeminal (Mo5), facial (Mo7), ambiguus (Amb), and hypoglossal (Mo12) motor nuclei innervate jaw, facial, pharynx/larynx/esophagus, and tongue muscles, respectively. They are essential for movements subserving feeding, exploration of the environment, and social communication. These n
PMID 26224546

Immunogold characteristics of VGLUT3-positive GABAergic nerve terminals suggest corelease of glutamate.

Stensrud MJ1, Sogn CJ1, Gundersen V1,2.
The Journal of comparative neurology.J Comp Neurol.2015 Dec 15;523(18):2698-713. doi: 10.1002/cne.23811. Epub 2015 Jul 1.
There is compelling evidence that glutamate can act as a cotransmitter in the mammalian brain. Interestingly, the third vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT3) is primarily found in neurons that were anticipated to be nonglutamatergic. Whereas the function of VGLUT3 in acetylcholinergic and seroton
PMID 26010578

Microconnectomics of the pretectum and ventral thalamus in the chicken (Gallus gallus).

Vega-Zuniga T1, Marín G2,3, González-Cabrera C2, Planitscher E1, Hartmann A1, Marks V1, Mpodozis J2, Luksch H1.
The Journal of comparative neurology.J Comp Neurol.2015 Dec 11. doi: 10.1002/cne.23941. [Epub ahead of print]
The avian pretectal and ventrothalamic nuclei, encompassing the griseum tectale (GT), lentiformis mesencephali (LM) and geniculatus lateralis pars ventralis (GLv), are prominent retinorecipient structures related to optic flow operations and visuomotor control. Hence, a close coordination of these n
PMID 26659271