Extensive projections from the midbrain periaqueductal gray to the caudal ventrolateral medulla: A retrograde and anterograde tracing study in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 443-459

  Chen, S ^a   Aston Jones, G ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

A1 neurons; Brainstem; Cholera toxin B subunit; Fluoro Gold; Nucleus ambiguus; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030042396     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00437-8     Document Type: Article

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