Brain stem afferent connections of the amygdala in the rat with special references to a projection from the parabigeminal nucleus: A fluorescent retrograde tracing study

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 475-496

  Usunoff, K G ^a,b,c   Itzev, D E ^b   Rolfs, A ^c   Schmitt, O ^c   Wree, A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Facial emotion; Fear; Limbic system; Visual system

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; TRACER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHEMICAL LABELING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; RETINA; SENSORY NERVE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TEGMENTUM; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FEAR; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STILBAMIDINES; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33749250424     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-006-0099-8     Document Type: Article

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