Subnuclear organization of parabrachial efferents to the thalamus, amygdala and lateral hypothalamus in C57BL/6J mice: A quantitative retrograde double labeling study

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 351-365

  Tokita, K ^a   Inoue, T ^b   Boughter, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of the amygdala; Lateral hypothalamus; Mouse; Parabrachial nucleus; Taste system; Ventroposteromedial nucleus of the thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CHOLERA TOXIN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 77957858717     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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