Cholinergic Profiles In The Goettingen Miniature Pig (Sus Scrofa Domesticus) Brain
Department
neurobiology
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Central cholinergic structures within the brain of the even-toed hoofed Goettingen miniature domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) were evaluated by immunohistochemical visualization of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and the low-affinity neurotrophin receptor, p75NTR. ChAT-immunoreactive (-ir) perikarya were seen in the olfactory tubercle, striatum, medial septal nucleus, vertical and horizontal limbs of the diagonal band of Broca, and the nucleus basalis of Meynert, medial habenular nucleus, zona incerta, neurosecretory arcuate nucleus, cranial motor nuclei III and IV, Edinger-Westphal nucleus, parabigeminal nucleus, pedunculopontine nucleus, and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus. Cholinergic ChAT-ir neurons were also found within transitional cortical areas (insular, cingulate, and piriform cortices) and hippocampus proper. ChAT-ir fibers were seen throughout the dentate gyrus and hippocampus, in the mediodorsal, laterodorsal, anteroventral, and parateanial thalamic nuclei, the fasciculus retroflexus of Meynert, basolateral and basomedial amygdaloid nuclei, anterior pretectal and interpeduncular nuclei, as well as select laminae of the superior colliculus. Double immunofluorescence demonstrated that virtually all ChAT-ir basal forebrain neurons were also p75NTR-positive. The present findings indicate that the central cholinergic system in the miniature pig is similar to other mammalian species. Therefore, the miniature pig may be an appropriate animal model for preclinical studies of neurodegenerative diseases where the cholinergic system is compromised. J. Comp. Neurol. 525:553–573, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Publication Date
2-15-2017
Publication Title
Journal of Comparative Neurology
ISSN
00219967
Volume
525
Issue
3
First Page
553
Last Page
573
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1002/cne.24087
Recommended Citation
Mahady, Laura J.; Perez, Sylvia E.; Emerich, Dwaine F.; Wahlberg, Lars U.; and Mufson, Elliott J., "Cholinergic Profiles In The Goettingen Miniature Pig (Sus Scrofa Domesticus) Brain" (2017). Translational Neuroscience. 312.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurobiology/312