CNS location of uterine-related neurons revealed by trans-synaptic tracing with pseudorabies virus and their relation to estrogen receptor- immunoreactive neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 935-952

  Papka, R E ^a   Williams, S ^a   Miller, K E ^a   Copelin, T ^a   Puri, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; Hypothalamus; Pseudorabies virus; Spinal cord; Uterine neural circuits

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; UTERUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SYNAPSES; UTERUS;

EID: 0032562201     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00563-0     Document Type: Article

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