The central nucleus of the amygdala modulates gut-related neurons in the dorsal vagal complex in rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 553, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1005-1018

  Zhang, Xueguo ^a   Cui, Jinjuan ^a   Tan, Zhenjun ^a   Jiang, Chunhui ^a   Fogel, Ronald ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIRING RATE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VAGUS NERVE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTESTINES; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STOMACH; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0346397992     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.045906     Document Type: Article

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