Estrogen receptor-alpha immunoreactive neurons in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray receive monosynaptic input from the lumbosacral cord in the rhesus monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 443, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-42

  Vanderhorst, Veronique G J M ^a   Terasawa, Ei ^b   Ralston, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cardiovascular control; Micturition; Primate; Sexual behavior; Spinomesencephalic tract

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHESUS MONKEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; DEXTRANS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SACRUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; URINATION; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0037185264     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10098     Document Type: Article

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