Bhatnagar K P
Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
Braz J Biol. 2008 Aug;68(3):583-99. doi: 10.1590/s1519-69842008000300017.
The vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, is exceptionally agile and stealthy in nature. Feeding at night on cattle blood, it is a known scourge carrying rabies. It is endowed with a very high neocortical volume among bats, acute olfactory capabilities and an accessory olfactory system. These characteristics have resulted into an impressive number of neuroanatomical investigations except a long due atlas on its brain. This study presents a cytoarchitectural atlas of the brain of the common vampire, Desmodus rotundus murinus, in the frontal plane, serially between the olfactory bulb and the medulla oblongata. Twenty six selected sections are presented, each separated by about 300 to 560 microns. The atlas figures show lugol fast blue-cresyl echt violet stained hemisections with their matching half in a labeled line drawing. About 595 discrete brain structures (some repeating) have been identified. This study is likely to provide the accurate localization of nuclear groups, whole structures, fiber tracts, and interconnections to facilitate future neuroanatomical and neurophysiological investigations on the vampire brain.
吸血蝙蝠（Desmodus rotundus）生性异常敏捷且隐秘。它夜间以牛血为食，是一种已知的携带狂犬病的祸害。在蝙蝠中，它具有非常高的新皮质体积、敏锐的嗅觉能力和一个辅助嗅觉系统。除了一本早就该有的关于其大脑的图谱外，这些特征引发了大量令人印象深刻的神经解剖学研究。本研究展示了普通吸血蝙蝠（Desmodus rotundus murinus）大脑在额平面上，从嗅球到延髓之间连续的细胞构筑图谱。呈现了26个选定的切片，每个切片之间相隔约300至560微米。图谱中的图展示了用卢戈氏固绿 - 甲酚紫染色的半脑切片及其在带标记的线条图中的匹配半脑。已识别出约595个离散的脑结构（有些结构重复）。本研究可能会为核团、整个结构、纤维束和连接提供准确的定位，以促进未来对吸血蝙蝠大脑的神经解剖学和神经生理学研究。
