Projections from the central nucleus of the amygdala to the gastric related area of the dorsal vagal complex: A Phaseolus vulgaris- leucoagglutinin study in rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-88

  Liubashina, Olga ^a   Jolkkonen, Esa ^b   Pitkänen, Asla ^b,c  

^a PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Amygdalostriatal area; Dorsal medulla; Emotion; Gastrointestinal system; Stress

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS LEUKOAGGLUTININ; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034666305     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01392-6     Document Type: Article

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