Reciprocal circuits involved in nitroglycerin-induced neuronal activation of autonomic regions and pain pathways: A double immunolabeling and tract-tracing study

Brain Research

Volumn 842, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 294-310

  Tassorelli, Cristina ^a   Joseph, Shirley A ^b   Nappi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde and retrograde tracers; Fos; Locus coeruleus; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AXONAL TRANSPORT; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NITROGLYCERIN; PAIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0032853828     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01806-5     Document Type: Article

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