The locus coeruleus projects to the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus in rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-106

  Takahashi, Takeshi ^a,b   Shirasu, Masayoshi ^a,b   Shirasu, Mari ^a   Kubo, Kin Ya ^c   Onozuka, Minoru ^b   Sato, Sadao ^b   Itoh, Kazuo ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c SEIJOH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Biotinylated dextran amine; Noradrenaline; Periodontal ligament; Single axon tracing

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SIZE; CHEMICAL LABELING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL COUNT; DEXTRANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 77956288451     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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