Serotonergic projections from the caudal raphe nuclei to the hypoglossal nucleus in male and female rats

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 175-184

  Barker, Jessica R ^a   Thomas, Cathy F ^a   Behan, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartha pseudorabies virus; Diestrus; Estrus; Hypoglossal nucleus; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; SEX HORMONE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARTHA PSEUDORABIES VIRUS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INJECTION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODULATION; MOTONEURON; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROGESTERONE; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 60449091646     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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