Distinct cell groups in the lumbosacral cord of the cat project to different areas in the periaqueductal gray

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-385

  Vanderhorst, Veronique G J M ^a,b   Mouton, Leonora J ^a   Blok, Bertil F M ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Anatomy ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

lordosis; micturition; nociception; sacral parasympathetic nucleus; spinomesencephalic tract

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; LORDOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MICTURITION; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD; URINATION;

EID: 0029856940     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961216)376:3<361::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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