Gastric distension-induced c-fos expression in catecholaminergic neurons of rat dorsal vagal complex

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Willing, Alison E ^a   Berthoud, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dopamine hydroxylase; dorsal motor nucleus; gastric tension receptor; solitary nucleus; vagal afferents

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH DISTENSION;

EID: 0031027959     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.1.r59     Document Type: Article

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