Decussations of the descending paraventricular pathways to the brainstem and spinal cord autonomic centers

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 414, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-266

  Tóth, Zsuzsanna E ^a,b   Gallatz, Katalin ^b   Fodor, Mariann ^b   Palkovits, Miklós ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Double immunohistochemistry; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin; Rat; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0345425669     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991115)414:2<255::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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