Anatomical evidence for a bi-neuronal pathway connecting the nucleus tractus solitarius to caudal ventrolateral medulla to rostral ventrolateral medulla in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-24

  Yu, Dianyi ^a   Gordon, Frank J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

baroreceptor reflex; biotinylated dextran amine; blood pressure; Fluoro Gold; tract tracing

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030023713     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12383-1     Document Type: Article

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