Corticospinal Collaterals to Medullary Cardiovascular Nuclei in the Rat: An Anterograde and a Retrograde Double-Labeling Study

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-375

  Ba M'hamed, S ^a,e   Roy, J C ^b   Bennis, M ^a   Poulain, P ^c   Sequeira, H ^d  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Fed Univ et Polytechnique de Lille   (France)

^e CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; Nucleus of the solitary tract pyramidal tract; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE TRACT; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0343142669     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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