Periaqueductal gray matter projection to the parabrachial nucleus in rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 401, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 437-454

  Krout, Karl E ^a   Jansen, Arthur S P ^a   Loewy, Arthur D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular regulation; Fight or flight response; Nociception; Visceral afferent pathways

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032583096     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981130)401:4<437::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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