Nucleus retroambiguus-spinal pathway in the mouse: Localization, gender differences, and effects of estrogen treatment

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 488, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-200

  Vanderhorst, Veronique G J M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cremaster; Expiration; Motoneuron; Reproductive behavior; Sexually dimorphic

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; FEMALE; GENDER; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MATING; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS RETROAMBIGUUS; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; THERMOREGULATION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 20544461690     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20574     Document Type: Article

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