Evidence for a periaqueductal gray-nucleus retroambiguus-spinal cord pathway in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 587-598

  Holstege, G ^a   Kerstens, L ^a   Moes, M C ^a   Vanderhorst, V G J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional motor system; Lordosis; Mounting; Sexual behaviour respiration; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; TEGMENTUM; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030801556     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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