Forebrain projections of the rostral nucleus raphe magnus shown by iontophoretic application of choleratoxin b in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-154

  Hermann, Dirk Matthias ^a,b,c   Luppi, Pierre Hervé ^a   Peyron, Christelle ^a   Hinckel, Peter ^b   Jouvet, Michel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efferent pathway; Thermoafferent system; Thermoregulation; Tract tracing; Ventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0030569007     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13013-5     Document Type: Article

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