Three times as many lamina I neurons project to the periaqueductal gray than to the thalamus: A retrograde tracing study in the cat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-110

  Mouton, Leonora J ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cat; Lamina I; Nociception; Periaqueductal gray; Spinomesencephalic; Spinothalamic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; MOLECULAR PROBES; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0032475480     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00723-X     Document Type: Article

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