Distribution of cortical fibers and Fos immunoreactive neurons in ventrolateral medulla and in nucleus tractus solitarius following the motor cortex stimulation in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 411-415

  Ba M'Hamed, Saadia ^a   Viltart, Odile ^b   Poulain, Pierre ^c   Sequeira, Henrique ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran; Fos protein; Motor cortex; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Rat; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BIOTIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXTRANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032495146     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01041-5     Document Type: Article

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