Lateral Cervical Nucleus Projections to Periaqueductal Gray Matter in Cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 471, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 434-445

  Mouton, Leonora J ^a   Klop, Esther Marije ^a   Broman, Jonas ^b   Zhang, Mengliang ^b   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Section for Neurophysiology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colliculus superior; Emotional motor system; Somatosensory; Spinocervical; Spinomesencephalic; Tectum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; FLIGHT; FREEZING; LATERAL CERVICAL NUCLEUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MESENCEPHALON; MICTURITION; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL; THALAMUS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY;

EID: 1642441683     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20031     Document Type: Article

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