Neurones in the midbrain periaqueductal grey send collateral projections to nucleus raphe magnus and the rostral ventrolateral medulla in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 733, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 138-141

  Hudson, P M ^a   Lumb, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Fluorescent microsphere; Periaqueductal grey; Rat; Retrograde tracing; Ventral medulla

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

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

EID: 0030576844     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00784-6     Document Type: Article

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