Rostral Agranular Insular Cortex and Pain Areas of the Central Nervous System: A Tract-Tracing Study in the Rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 468, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 425-440

  Jasmin, Luc ^a   Granato, Alberto ^b   Ohara, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cerebral cortex; Nociception; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0346118806     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10978     Document Type: Article

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