Descending projections of the posterior nucleus of the hypothalamus: Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin analysis in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 607-631

  Vertes, Robert P ^a   Crane, Alison M ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrington's nucleus; inferior olive; mesopontine reticular formation; periaqueductal gray; peripeduncular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; DIENCEPHALON; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030003324     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961028)374:4<607::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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