Table 1.

Distribution and staining intensity if NOS-ir neurons in the rock

cavy’s brainstem. Density: + very low; ++ low; +++ moderate; ++++ high. Intensity: +
weak; ++ medium; +++ strong.

Nucleus and Regions Density Intensity

Precommissural nucleus (PrC) +++ +++
Medial pretectal nucleus (MPT) + +++
Anterior pretectal nucleus (APT)
- dorsal part (APTD) ++ ++
- ventral part (APTV) ++ ++
Posterior pretectal nucleus (PPT) ++ ++
Olivary pretectal nucleus (OPT) ++ ++
Accessory optic tract
- medial terminal nucleus (MT) +/- +++
- dorsal terminal nucleus (DT) ++++ +++
- lateral terminal nucleus (LT) +/- +++
Substantia nigra (SN)
- reticular part (SNR) +/- +
- compact part, dorsal tier (SNCD) + +++
- lateral part (SNL) ++ ++
Periaqueductal gray lateral (PAG) ++ +++
- lateral (LPAG) +++ ++
- ventrolateral (VLPAG) +++ ++
- dorsolateral (DLPAG) +++ +++
- dorsomedial (DMPAG) ++ +++
- supraoculomotor (Su3) +/- +++
- supraoculomotor cap (Su3C) +/- +++
Superior colliculus
- Zonal layer of the superior colliculus (Zo) +/- +
- intermediate gray layer (InG) +++ ++
- optic nerve layer (Op) +/- +
- superficial gray layer (SuG) +++ ++
- deep gray layer (DpG) +++ +++
- intermediate white layer (InWh) +++ ++
Optic tract nucleus (OT) + ++
Posterior commissure nucleus (PCom) + ++
Paracommissural nucleus of the posterior commissure
+ +++
(PaC)
Brachium of the inferior colliculus nucleus (BIC) ++++ ++
External cortex of the inferior colliculus (ECIC) + ++
Dorsal cortex of the inferior colliculus (DCIC) + ++
Central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (CIC) + +
Magnocellular nucleus of the posterior commissure
+++ +++
(MCPC)
Retroparafascicular nucleus (RPF) +++ +++
Interstitial of Cajal nucleus (InC) +/- ++
Lithoid nucleus (Lth) + +++
Medial parabrachial nucleus (MPB) +/- ++
Lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPB) + ++
- internal part (LPBI) + ++
- ventral part (LPBV) + ++
Subbrachial nucleus (SubB) +/- +++
Ventral tegmental area (VTA)
- rostral part(VTAR) ++ +++
Parabrachial pigmented nucleus of the VTA (PBP) + +++
Paranigral nucleus of the VTA (PN) + ++
Darkschewitsch nucleus (Dk) ++ +++
Prerubral field(PR) + +++
Pararubral nucleus (PaR) -/+ ++
Retrorubral field (RRF) ++ ++
Retrorubral nucleus (RR) ++ +++
- parvicellular part (RPC) +/- ++
- magnocellular part (RMC) +/- ++
Interfascicular nucleus (IF) + +++
Peripeduncular nucleus (PP) +/- +++
Pre-Edinger-Westphal nucleus(PrEW) +/- ++
Medial accessory nucleus of oculomotor nerve (MA3) +/- +++
Trochlear nucleus (4N) ++ +++
Interpeduncular nucleus (IP)
- rostral subnucleus (IPR) +++ +++
- caudal subnucleus (IPC) +++ +++
- intermediate subnucleus (IPI) ++ +++
- lateral subnucleus (IPL) ++ +++
- dorsolateral subnucleus (IPDL) + ++
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PTg) +++ +++
Pontine nucleus (Pn) + ++
Pontine reticular nucleus
-oral part (PnO) + ++
-caudal part(PnC) + ++
-ventral part(PnV) + ++
Parabigeminal nucleus (PBG) + ++
Precuneiform area (PrCnF) + +++
Reticulotegmental nucleus of the pons (RtTg) + ++
- lateral part (RtTgL) + +++
Rostral linear nucleus of the raphe (RLi) ++ +++
Dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) +/- ++
- dorsal part (DRD) +/- ++
- ventral part (DRV) +/- ++
- lateral part (DRL) ++/+ +++
Median raphe nucleus (MnR) +/- ++
Posterodorsal raphe nucleus (PDR) ++ +++
Paramedian raphe nucleus (PMnR) + +++
Raphe magnus nucleus (RMg) + ++
Raphe obscurus nucleus (Rob) ++ +++
Subpeduncular tegmental nucleus (SPTg) + +++
Microcellular tegmental nucleus (MiTg) + +++
Posterodorsal tegmental nucleus (PDTg) + +
Lateral lemniscos
-triangular nucleus (TrLL) + +
-intermediate Nucleus (ILL) + +
-ventral nucleus (VLL) + ++
Medial paralemniscial nucleus (MPL) + +++
Ventral part of perilemniscal nucleus (PLV) +/- ++
Red nucleus
Rhabdoid nucleus (Rbd) + +++
Periolivary nucleus
- medioventral (MVPO) +/- ++
- lateroventral (LVPO) +/- ++
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDTg) +++ +++
- ventral part (LDTgV) +++ +++
Dorsomedial tegmental área (DMTg) + ++
Trapezoid body nucleus (Tz) +/- ++
Subcoeruleus nucleus
- alpha part (SubCA) + ++
- dorsal part (SubCD) + ++
- ventral part (SubCV) + +++
Ventral cochlear nucleus
- anterior part (VCA) +/- ++
- posterior part(VCP) + +++
Locus coeruleus (LC) ++ +++
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleus
- ventrolateral part (Pr5DV) + ++
- dorsomedial part (Pr5DM) + ++
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (Me5) + +++
Spinal trigeminal Nucleus
- dorsomedial part (DMSp5) + ++
- oral part(Sp5O) + ++
- interpolar part (Sp5I) + ++
- caudal part (Sp5C) ++ +++
- gelatinous layer (Ge5) +++ +++
Central gray
- alpha part (CGA) + ++
- beta part (CGB) + ++
Central gray of pons (CGPn) +/- +
Superior vestibular nucleus (SuVe) + +++
Paraabducens nucleus (Pa6) ++ +++
Abducens nucleus (6N) ++ +++
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus (Gi) + ++
- alpha part (GiA) ++ +++
Intermediate reticular nucleus (IRt) ++ +++
- alpha part (IRtA) + +++
Parvicellular reticular nucleus (PCRt) + ++
- alpha part (PCRtA) + ++
Medial vestibular nucleus
- magnocellular part (MVeMC) + +++
- parvicellular part (MVePC) ++ +++
Prepositus nucleus (Pr) ++ +++
-magnocelular part (PrMc) ++ +++
Dorsal paragigantocellular nucleus ++ +++
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleus
- alpha part (LPGiA) ++ +++
- external part (LPGiE) ++ +++
DPGi???????
Lateral vestibular nucleus (LVe) ++ ++
Spinal vestibular nucleus (SpVe) + +++
X Núcleus (X) ++ +++
Inferior salivatory nucleus (IS) + ++
Matrix region of the medula (Mx) + +++
Transition zone of trigeminal-solitary (5Sol) + ++
Solitary tract (Sol)
- intermediate part (SolIM) + ++
- lateral part (SolL) + ++
- medial part(SolM) + ++
- ventral part (SolV) + ++
- dorsomedial part (SolDM) + ++
Dorsal motor of nucleus vagus (10N) +/- ++
Lateral reticular nucleus (LRt) ++ +++
Medullary reticular nucleus
- dorsal part(MdD) +++ +++
- ventral part (MdV) +++ +++
Cuneate nucleus (Cu) ++ +++
- rotundus part (CuR) ++ +++
External cuneate nucleus (ECu) ++ +++
Gracile nucleus (Gr) + +++
medial nucleus of inferior olive
- subnucleus A (IOA) + +++
- subnucleus B (IOB) + +++
- subnucleus C (IOC) + +++
Retroambiguus nucleus (RAmb) + +++
Interstitial nucleus of the medula (IB) +/- +++