The organization of preoptic-medullary circuits in the male rat: Evidence for interconnectivity of neural structures involved in reproductive behavior, antinociception and cardiovascular regulation

Neuroscience

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1103-1116

  Murphy, A Z ^a   Rizvi, T A ^b   Ennis, M ^a   Shipley, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Brainstem; Paragigantocellularis; Reproduction; Sex behavior; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOLECULAR PROBES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0032906178     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00677-0     Document Type: Article

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