Identification of neural pathways involved in genital reflexes in the female: A combined anterograde and retrograde tracing study

Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 723-736

  Marson, L ^a   Foley, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 3 diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride; ABC; avidin biotin complex; BDA; biotinylated dextran amine; DAB; Flg; Fluorogold; lordosis; medial preoptic area; MPOA; nucleus paragigantocellularis; periaqueductal gray; sexual behavior; tract tracing

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX ARC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; POSTURE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 3342889420     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.04.063     Document Type: Article

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