Pontine and medullary projections to the nucleus retroambiguus: A wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase and autoradiographic tracing study in the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-185

  Gerrits, Peter O ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

lordosis; parabrachial nucleus; respiration; retrotrapezoid nucleus; vocalization

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

AGGRESSION; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BREATHING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LORDOSIS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOCALIZATION; VOMITING;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0029745057     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960916)373:2<173::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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