C1-C3 spinal cord projections to periaqueductal gray and thalamus: A quantitative retrograde tracing study in cat

Brain Research

Volumn 1043, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 87-94

  Mouton, Leonora J ^a   Klop, Esther Marije ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lamina VI; Lamina VII; Nociception; Spinomesencephalic; Ventral horn

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TENDON; THALAMUS; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 18044381308     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.02.042     Document Type: Article

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