The projections of the midbrain periaqueductal grey to the pons and medulla oblongata in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1275-1286

  Odeh, Francis ^a   Antal, Miklós ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Antinociception; Immunohistochemistry; Noradrenalin; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATECHOLAMINES; DENDRITES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0035783701     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01760.x     Document Type: Article

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