Vagal afferents from the uterus and cervix provide direct connections to the brainstem

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-54

  Collins, J J ^a   Lin, C E ^b   Berthoud, H R ^c   Papka, R E ^a  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Nodose ganglion; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Rat (Sprague Dawley); Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; MYOMETRIUM; NEURECTOMY; NEUROANATOMY; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; UTERUS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032895451     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051211     Document Type: Article

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