Table 2 Marmoset SNC neurons expressing VGluT2 mRNA or TH-immunoreactivity.
From: Glutamate neurons are intermixed with midbrain dopamine neurons in nonhuman primates and humans
SNC Subdivision | Subject | VGluT2-only | VGluT2-TH | TH-only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SNCd | Turk | 3.04% (n = 32) | 0.1% (n = 1) | 96.86% (n = 1019) |
Dew | 2.76% (n = 37) | 0.07% (n = 1) | 97.16% (n = 1302) | |
Wen | 1.7% (n = 21) | 0.49% (n = 6) | 97.81% (n = 1205) | |
Mean ± SEM | 2.5% ± 0.41% | 0.22% ± 0.13% | 97.28% ± 0.28% | |
SNCv | Turk | 0% (n = 0) | 0% (n = 0) | 100% (n = 261) |
Dew | 0% (n = 0) | 0% (n = 0) | 100% (n = 556) | |
Wen | 0% (n = 0) | 0% (n = 0) | 100% (n = 287) | |
Mean ± SEM | 0% ± 0% | 0% ± 0% | 100% ± 0% | |
SNCm | Turk | 2.55% (n = 4) | 0% (n = 0) | 97.45% (n = 153) |
Dew | 1.81% (n = 8) | 0.23% (n = 1) | 97.96% (n = 432) | |
Wen | 2.5% (n = 5) | 0% (n = 0) | 97.5% (n = 195) | |
Mean ± SEM | 2.29% ± 0.24% | 0.08% ± 0.08% | 97.64% ± 0.16% | |
SNCl | Turk | 9.55% (n = 15) | 0% (n = 0) | 90.45% (n = 142) |
Dew | 20.6% (n = 62) | 0% (n = 0) | 79.4% (n = 239) | |
Wen | 28.13% (n = 63) | 0% (n = 0) | 71.88% (n = 161) | |
Mean ± SEM | 19.43% ± 5.39% | 0% ± 0% | 80.57% ± 5.39% |
