Direct projections from the cardiovascular nucleus tractus solitarii to pontine preganglionic parasympathetic neurons: A link to cerebrovascular regulation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 452, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 242-254

  Agassandian, Khristofor ^a   Fazan, Valeria P S ^a,b   Adanina, Valentina ^a,c   Talman, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Electron microscopy; Parasympathetic nervous system; Pons; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PONS ANGLE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BAROREFLEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; LYSINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037152238     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10372     Document Type: Article

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