("The mouse brain atlas", Franklin and Paxinos, 2007) Suggestion on the
location of ACN and
A14
ACN (Oxytocin)
A14 (Dopamine) Fig. 102
Fig. 103
Fig. 104
Fig. 105
Fig. 106 f
sm
f
f
ac
ACN
ACN
A14
A14
•Black: c-Fos
•Brown: NP1(OT)
•Blue: TH
•Pink: OT
Fig106 may be too posterior to see ACN, but just posterior to
the anterior commissure AC still remains as shown here A14
Fig. 102
Fig. 103
Fig. 104
Fig. 105
Fig. 106
•Black: c-Fos
•Brown: OT
AC
M
L
Every other 40-um section
PVN
ac
AC
Rostral extention
of PVN
rostral extention of
PVN,not ACN
Space here
rACN
rACN has been noted as an rostroventrolateral extention of the OT fibers of ACN. (Not necessary for Atlas)
PVN
sm
x
Fig. 137
Fig. 138
Fig. 139
Fig. 141
Fig. 140
•Black: c-Fos
•Brown: OT
Note: our photomicrographs are cut tilted-horizontal, parallel to the floor of the third ventricle.
Every other 40-um section
V D
Fig. 143 Fig. 142
AC
AC
AC
PVN
rACN rACN