Portillo F, Pásaro R
Neurosci Lett. 1987 May 19;76(3):280-4. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(87)90415-0.
The retrofacial nucleus project bilaterally to the ventrolateral nucleus of the tractus solitarius (vlNTS) as revealed by means of retrograde transport of the fluorescent markers, Fast blue (FB) and Diamidino yellow (DY), in the cat. Some of the neurons of the retrofacial nucleus send axonal ramifications to both vlNTS. Extensive projections from other brainstem respiratory related nuclei to the vlNTS were also observed: bilaterally from the nucleus ambiguus, nucleus retroambiguus and nucleus parabrachialis medialis, and ipsilaterally from the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus. Axonal projections from the contralateral vlNTS were also observed.
通过荧光标记物快蓝（FB）和双脒基黄（DY）的逆行运输法在猫身上显示，面神经后核双侧投射至孤束核腹外侧核（vlNTS）。面神经后核的一些神经元将轴突分支发送至双侧vlNTS。还观察到其他脑干呼吸相关核向vlNTS有广泛投射：双侧来自疑核、迷走神经后核和内侧臂旁核，同侧来自 Kölliker-Fuse 核。也观察到来自对侧vlNTS的轴突投射。
