Projections from dorsal raphe nucleus to the periaqueductal grey matter: Studies in slices of rat midbrain maintained in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Stezhka, V V ^a   Lovick, T A ^a  

^a Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidromic activation; DiO; Dorsal raphe nucleus; FluoroGold; Periaqueductal grey matter; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031564840     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00464-3     Document Type: Article

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