Spinal afferents to functionally distinct periaqueductal gray columns in the rat: An anterograde and retrograde tracing study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-229

  Keay, Kevin A ^a   Feil, Karsten ^b   Gordon, Brent D ^a   Herbert, Horst ^b   Bandler, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; pain; Parabrachial area; Periaqueductal gray; Spinomesencephalic tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030799678     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970825)385:2<207::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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