Identification of branching paraventricular neurons of the hypothalamus that project to the rostroventrolateral medulla and spinal cord

Neuroscience

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 549-556

  Pyner, S ^a   Coote, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescent dye; PVN; Rat; RVLM; Spinal projection

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AMIDINES; ANIMAL; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHODAMINES; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034721508     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00283-9     Document Type: Article

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