Projections from bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, magnocellular nucleus: Implications for cerebral hemisphere regulation of micturition, defecation, and penile erection

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 494, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-141

  Dong, Hong Wei ^a,b   Swanson, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autonomic; Barrington's nucleus; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Hypothalamus; Paraventricular nucleus; Pelvic nerve

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MICTURITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PELVIC NERVE; PENIS ERECTION; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PENILE ERECTION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 28844434093     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20789     Document Type: Article

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