Aldosterone-sensitive neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract: Multisynaptic pathway to the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 501, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 274-289

  Shekhtman, Eugenia ^a   Geerling, Joel C ^a   Loewy, Arthur D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

11 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2; Ingestion; Motivation; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Salt appetite; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM APPETITE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHOLERA TOXIN; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 33846908765     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21245     Document Type: Article

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