Abstract
A ladder-like pattern of distribution of sympathetic preganglionic neurons (SPNs) was compared with that of monoaminergic terminals in the upper thoracic spinal cord of the rat. SPNs were identified by a retrograde labeling with cholera toxin subunit B (CTb) injected into the superior cervical ganglia of both sides. Monoaminergic terminals were stained immunohistochemically by using antisera raised against 5-hydroxy-tryptamine (5-HT) or dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH). SPNs showing full dendritic arbors were found in all of the sympathetic preganglionic nuclei. They formed a ladder in the horizontal plane. The nucleus intermediolateralis was connected with the central autonomic nucleus by many transverse dendritic bundles. Photomontages of serial sections of material stained alternatively with antisera against CTb and 5-HT or DBH clearly showed a close correlation between SPNs and monoaminergic terminals. There is no transverse dendritic bundle of SPNs without the accompaniment of monoaminergic terminals.
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