Abstract
Using a microdissection and quantitative microassay approach, choline acetyltransferase activities were mapped in the cochlear nuclei of rats having complete transections of the olivocochlear bundle on one side in the brain stem. In rats in which the trapezoid body was not significantly damaged by the lesion, consistent reductions of choline acetyltransferase activity in subregions of the lesion-side cochlear nucleus, as compared to the control side, averaged about 20%. Nevertheless, a profound lesion-side reduction of choline acetyltransferase activity was found in a branch connection from the olivocochlear bundle to the cochlear nucleus. The results suggest that branches from the olivocochlear bundle are cholinergic, but contribute a relatively minor proportion of the cholinergic synapses in all regions of the rat cochlear nucleus. In the light of previous results with more extensive lesions, it can be proposed that synapses in all regions of the rat cochlear nucleus. In the light of previous results with more extensive lesions, it can be proposed that most cholinergic input into the rat cochlear nucleus enters by a ventral route along the trapezoid body. It is noted that this represents a quantitatively somewhat different situation from that in the cat.
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