Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus: Axonal projections to the brainstem

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1460-1499

  Geerling, Joel C ^a   Shin, Jung Won ^a   Chimenti, Peter C ^a   Loewy, Arthur D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Cardiovascular; Ingestive behavior; Respiratory; Salt appetite; Stress

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SODIUM INTAKE; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77949413839     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22283     Document Type: Article

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