Dorsal medullary pathways subserving oromotor reflexes in the rat: Implications for the central neural control of swallowing

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 417, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 448-466

  Cunningham Jr , Emmett T ^a,b   Sawchenko, Paul E ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deglutition; Facial nucleus; Hypoglossal nucleus; Mastication; Nucleus ambiguus; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Trigeminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SWALLOWING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DEGLUTITION; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUTH; MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 0342905449     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000221)417:4<448::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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