Substance P afferents from the habenula innervate the dorsal raphe nucleus

✍ Scribed by L. M. Neckers; Joan P. Schwartz; R. Jed Wyatt; S. G. Speciale

• Book ID: 104676762
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 514 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-4819
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00236830

✦ Synopsis

The lateral habenula nuclei of the diencephalon innervate the median and dorsal raphe nuclei of the brainstem. Habenula lesions lead to decreased substance P levels in the dorsal but not median raphe within 24 hours. From this data, we propose a peptidergic innervation of the dorsal raphe nucleus by the habenula nuclei.