Serotonergic collateralized projections from Barrington's nucleus to the medial preoptic area and lumbo-sacral spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 1019, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 64-67

  Russo, Antonella ^a   Monaco, Sebastiana ^a   Romeo, Rosa ^a   Pellitteri, Rosalia ^b   Stanzani, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barrington's nucleus; Fluoro gold; Lumbo sacral spinal cord; Medial preoptic area; Rhodamine; Serotonergic neuron

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHODAMINE; SEROTONIN; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARRINGTON NUCLEUS; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 4043086931     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.03.080     Document Type: Article

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