Most neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarii do not send collateral projections to multiple autonomic targets in the rat brain

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 539-551

  Hermes, Sam M ^a   Mitchell, Jennifer L ^a   Aicher, Sue A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal ventrolateral medulla; Hypothalamus; Parabrachial; Paraventricular

Indexed keywords

TRACER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STILBAMIDINES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33645797826     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.12.028     Document Type: Article

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