Lateralization and functional organization of the locus coeruleus projection to the trigeminal somatosensory pathway in rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-147

  Simpson, Kimberly L ^a   Altman, Daniel W ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Kirifides, Michael L ^a   Lin, Rick C S ^a   Waterhouse, Barry D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Noradrenergic efferents; Topographic organization fluorescent retrograde tracers; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0030877874     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970818)385:1<135::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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