Sympathetic-related neurons in the preoptic region of the rat identified by viral transneuronal labeling

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 414, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-378

  Westerhaus, Michael J ^a   Loewy, Arthur D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Limbic system; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENKEPHALIN; GALANIN; GONADORELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTENSIN; PROTIRELIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032733776     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991122)414:3<361::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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