Periaqueductal gray matter projection to vagal preganglionic neurons and the nucleus tractus solitarius

Brain Research

Volumn 764, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 257-261

  Farkas, Eszter ^a   Jansen, Arthur S P ^a   Loewy, Arthur D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Dorsal vagal nucleus; Nucleus ambiguus; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Parasympathetic nervous system; Periaqueductal gray matter

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030822277     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00592-1     Document Type: Article

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