Medullary catecholaminergic projections to the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray region activated by halothane anaesthesia

Neuroscience

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1273-1284

  Clement, C I ^a   Keay, K A ^a   Bandler, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Deep pain; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Shock; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; PROTEIN C FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; HALOTHANE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032543707     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00098-0     Document Type: Article

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