Fluorescent double-label study of lateral reticular nucleus projections to the spinal cord and periaqueductal gray in the rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-98

  Lee, H S ^a   Mihailoff, G A ^b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral reticular nucleus; Nuclear Yellow; Periaqueductal gray; Spinal cord; True B7 lue; WGA HRP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BENZOFURANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032794643     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990901)256:1<91::AID-AR12>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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