Dorsal border periaqueductal gray neurons project to the area directly adjacent to the central canal ependyma of the C4-T8 spinal cord in the cat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-23

  Mouton, Leonora J ^a   Kerstens, Lenka ^a   Van Der Want, Johannes ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cat; Central canal; Hypothalamohypophysial; Periaqueductal gray; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPENDYMA; MICROSCOPY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0029976886     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227173     Document Type: Article

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