Abstract
The morphological features of substance P-immunoreactive (SP-IR) structures in the nucleus of the tractus solitarius (NTS) were examined by immunoelectron microscopy combined with an anterograde degeneration study. Vagal afferents were allowed to degenerate by resecting the nodose ganglion two days prior to the examination. SP-IR axon terminals in the ipsilateral NTS were often found to make a synaptic contact with non-reactive dendrites in contact with degenerated terminals. SP-IR terminals also made contact with degenerated terminals, or SP-IR cells in contact with degenerated terminals. These findings suggest a close relationship between SP neuronal structures and vagal afferents in the NTS.
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