Brainstem and thalamic projections from a craniovascular sensory nervous centre in the rostral cervical spinal dorsal horn of rats

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 935-948

  Liu, Y ^a   Broman, J ^b,c   Zhang, M ^d   Edvinsson, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Ascending projection; Cranial vessel; Headache; Nociception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINE; DIENCEPHALON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIMARY HEADACHE; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; THALAMUS;

EID: 68249115581     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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