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JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY
Volume 523, Issue 2, Pages 209-225Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23675
Keywords
general visceral sense; gustatory sense; vagal lobe; forebrain; teleost; cyprinid
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI [21580223, 24580264]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25440166, 21580223, 24580264] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The primary general visceral nucleus of teleosts is called the commissural nucleus of Cajal (NCC). The NCC of goldfish has been divided into the medial (NCCm) and lateral (NCCl) subnuclei that receive inputs from subdiaphragmatic gastrointestinal tract and the posterior pharynx, respectively. Fiber connections of the NCC were examined by tract-tracing methods in the goldfish Carassius auratus. Tracer injections into the NCC suggested that the NCC projects directly not only to the secondary visceral sensory region in the rhombencephalic isthmus and other brain stem centers, but also to the forebrain, similar to the situations in mammals, birds, and the Nile tilapia. Although fiber connections of the NCCm and NCCl were basically similar, the NCCm was the more important source of ascending general visceral fibers to the forebrain. Topographic organization was recognized regarding projections to the isthmic secondary visceral sensory zone; input from the NCCm is represented in the secondary general visceral sensory nucleus, while input from the NCCl in the lateral edge of the secondary gustatory nucleus. Moreover, specific injections into different regions of the vagal lobe revealed that the dorsomedio-ventrolateral axis of the lobe is represented in the lateromedial axis of the secondary gustatory nucleus. These observations suggest fine topographic organization of ascending visceral sensory pathways to the isthmic secondary centers. It should also be noted that the reception of primary afferents from the posterior pharynx and projections to the secondary gustatory nucleus suggest that the NCCl may be regarded as a gustatory rather than a general visceral sensory structure. J. Comp. Neurol. 523:209-225, 2015. (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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