Projections of the lateral hypothalamus and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis to the dorsal vagal complex in the pigeon

The dorsal vagal complex is composed of the nucleus tractus solitarii (Nts) and the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMN X). In the pigeon, these nuclei are composed of cytoarchitectonically well‐defined subnuclear groups, which have connections that are partially segregated to specific organs (Katz and Karten: J. Comp. Neurol. 218:42–73, '83b, J. Comp. Neurol. 242:397–414, '85). The present study sought to determine whether forebrain afferents to Nts‐DMN X are differentially distributed to specific subnuclei and thereby modulate the functions of specific organs.

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