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. 1999 Mar 1;19(5):1541–1556. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-05-01541.1999

Table 3.

Integrin transcript distribution in diencephalon and lower centers

α1 α3 α4 α5 α6 α7 α8 αV β13-a β4 β5
Thalamus
 Reticular ++R +/− +/− ++ +
 MGB + +/− +/− +/− +/−
 Intralaminar + + +/−
 Other ++AVL +AD +/−VL +/−AV +VM ++VP
Hypothalamus
 Paraventricular ++ ++ + + + ++ +/−
 Supraoptic + ++ + + ++ +/−
 Ventromedial +/− +/− + +/− +
 Arcuate + + +/− + ++ +/−
 Med. eminence + +/− +/− + + + ++
 Suprachiasmatic + +/− ++
 Other +PO +MB
Midbrain
 Sup. colliculus +/− +dp +S +
 SN/VTA + + + + ++
 Red nucleus Sub + ++ ++
 Midbrain RF + +/− + + +/−
 Oculomotor + + +++ + + ++
 Trochlear +++ + ++
Cerebellum
 Purkinje +++ +++ ++ + +++ +++ ++
 Granule +++ +++
Lower brainstem
 Raphe +
 Inferior olive +/− +/− + +/−
 Motor 53-b +++ +/− +++ +++ +++
 Chief 5 +/− +
 Spinal 5 + + ++
 Mes. 5 + +/− +++ ++ ++
 Abducens + ++ + ++
 Facial motor + +/− + +++ + +++ ++
 Salivatory + ++ ++
 Ambiguus ++ +/− +++ ++ ++
 DM vagus ++ +/− + ++ + ++
 Hypoglossal + + +/− + +++ + ++ ++
 Cochlear + +
 Vestibular ++ +/− ++ Sub + +
 Solitarius
 Area postrema ++ ++ +/− ++ + +++ + ++ +
 Ventral horn3-c ++ +/− Sub + +
 Other +SO +++LC +LC
Pia mater ++ +/−VE +VE ++ ++ +++VE
Blood vessels +

Labeling gradations: −, at neuropil levels; +/−, low density, irregular, or diffuse; +, light; ++, moderate; +++, heavy. Descriptors: dp, deep; R, rostral; S, superficial; Sub, subset. AVL, Anteroventral ventrolateral; LC, locus ceruleus; mes. 5, mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus; MGB, medial geniculate body; MB, mammillary bodies; PO, preoptic; PR, pararubral; RF, reticular formation; SCN, suprachiasmatic nucleus; SO, superior olive; VE, ventricular epithelium; VP, ventroposterior; VL, ventrolateral; VM, ventromedial.

F3-b

Trigeminal nucleus.

F3-c

Spinal ventral horn neurons visible within lower medulla.