Monosynaptic projections from the nucleus tractus solitarii to C1 adrenergic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla: Comparison with input from the caudal ventrolateral medulla

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-75

  Aicher, Sue A ^a   Saravay, Rebecca H ^a   Cravo, Sergio ^a   Jeske, Iwona ^a   Morrison, Shaun F ^a   Reis, Donald J ^a   Milner, Teresa A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

baroreceptor; blood pressure; cardiovascular; tract tracing; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOLAMINES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0029744858     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960909)373:1<62::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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