The ventrolateral medulla of the rat is connected with the spinal cord dorsal horn by an indirect descending pathway relayed in the A5 noradrenergic cell group

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-95

  Tavares, Isaura ^a   Lima, Deolinda ^a   Coimbra, Antonio ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A5 cell group; antinociception; caudal ventrolateral medulla; noradrenaline; spinal dorsal horn

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029795563     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961007)374:1<84::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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