Periparabigeminal and adjoining mesencephalic tegmental field projections to the dorsolateral periaqueductal grey in cat - A possible role for oculomotor input in the defensive system

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2145-2157

  Klop, Esther Marije ^a   Mouton, Leonora J ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional motor system; Eye movements; Oculomotor; Saccades; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LEUCINE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION SITE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PREPOSITUS HYPOGLOSSI; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PARABIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIPARABIGEMINAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CATS; DEXTRANS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LEUCINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PONS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TRITIUM; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 33645960113     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04740.x     Document Type: Article

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