Evidence of disynaptic projections from the rostral ventrolateral medulla to the thoracic spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 781, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 329-334

  Granata, Antonio R ^a,c   Ruggiero, David A ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Neurological Research Institute of Lubec   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde retrograde axonal tracer; Cardiovascular control; Intrareticular circuit; Reticulospinal neuron; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EFFERENT NERVE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SYNAPSE; TEGMENTUM; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; INJECTIONS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; THORAX;

EID: 0032545748     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01235-3     Document Type: Article

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