Bulbospinal neurons of the rat rostromedial medulla are highly collateralized

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 506, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 960-978

  Lefler, Ya'ara ^a   Arzi, Anat ^a   Reiner, Keren ^a   Sukhotinsky, Inna ^a   Devor, Marshall ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collateralization; Descending control; Double retrograde; Gigantocellular; NRM; Pain modulation; Reticulospinal; Rostromedial medulla; RVM

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; FLUOROGOLD; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BULBOSPINAL NEURON; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; ROSTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 38549127252     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21586     Document Type: Article

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