Amygdaloid axon terminals are in contact with trigeminal premotor neurons in the parvicellular reticular formation of the rat medulla oblongata

Brain Research

Volumn 1016, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-134

  Yasui, Yukihiko ^a   Tsumori, Toshiko ^a   Oka, Tatsuro ^a   Yokota, Shigefumi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central amygdaloid nucleus; Motor systems and sensorimotor integration; Motor trigeminal nucleus; Parvicellular reticular formation; Rat; Spinal cord and brainstem; Synaptic contact

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 3042516967     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.04.080     Document Type: Article

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