Efferent projections of the nucleus of the solitary tract to peri-Locus coeruleus dendrites in rat brain: Evidence for a monosynaptic pathway

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 412, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 410-428

  Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^a   Peoples, James ^a   Telegan, Patti ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Cardiovascular; Hypertension; Norepinephrine; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DEXTRAN; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRESS; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033610220     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990927)412:3<410::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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