A Comparative Reappraisal of Projections from the Superficial Laminae of the Dorsal Horn in the Rat: The Forebrain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 468, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-56

  Gauriau, Caroline ^a   Bernard, Jean François ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Globus pallidus; Hypothalamus; Lamina I; Nociception; Spinal; Substantia innominata; Thalamus; Trigeminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ; RHODAMINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0346780704     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10873     Document Type: Article

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