Discrete subregions of the rat midbrain periaqueductal gray project to nucleus ambiguus and the periambigual region

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 829-845

  Ennis, M ^a   Xu, S J ^b   Rizvi, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Central gray; Preganglionic parasympathetic neurons; Vagus nerve; Ventrolateral medulla; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; STOMACH MOTILITY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030739857     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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