Parabrachial nucleus neurons providing axons to both the thalamus and the spinal cord in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 745, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 321-327

  Li, Jin Lian ^a,b   Mizuno, Noboru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Axon collateral; Kolliker Fuse nucleus; Pain; Parabrachial nucleus; Rat; Retrograde labeling; Spinal cord; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031023405     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01213-9     Document Type: Article

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