Primary afferent fibers of the pelvic nerve terminate in the gracile nucleus of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-214

  Ding, Yu Qiang ^a   Shi, Juan ^a   Wang, Dian Shi ^a   Xu, Jun Qing ^a   Li, Jin Lian ^a   Ju, Gong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Double labeling; Gracile nucleus; Pelvic nerve; Primary afferent fibers; Rat

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRACILE NUCLEUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 0032847011     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00599-6     Document Type: Article

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