Topographical organization in the origin of serotoninergic projections to different regions of the cat cerebellar cortex

The distribution of serotonin immunoreactivity in the cat cerebellum was studied by using the indirect antibody peroxidase‐antiperoxidase (PAP) technique. Furthermore, the origin of these chemically defined afferents was determined by combining the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) with the PAP technique. In the cerebellar cortex, serotonin immunoreactivity is present in a plexus of beaded fibers that is confined almost exclusively to the granule and Purkinje cell layers; a few fibers are present in the molecular layer. Serotoninergic axons and varicosities have a dense and uniform distribution throughout all lobules of the cerebellum with the exception of lobule X where the fiber density is sparse. Serotonin cell bodies were not found within the cerebellar cortex. However, following pretreatment with pargyline and L‐tryptophan, serotonin positive cell bodies were found in all deep cerebellar nuclei as well as the raphe and reticular nuclei in the brainstem.

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