Topography of thalamic and parabrachial Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) immunoreactive neurons projecting to subnuclei of the amygdala and extended amygdala

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 505, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 268-291

  D'Hanis, W ^a   Linke, R ^a   Yilmazer Hanke, Deniz M ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amygdalostriatal transition zone; Cardiovascular; Interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure (IPAC); Pain and fear pathways; Parabrachial nuclei; Posterior thalamus; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOMICS; RAT; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 36249006016     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21495     Document Type: Article

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