Differential ascending projections of temporomandibular joint-responsive brainstem neurons to periaqueductal gray and posterior thalamus of male and female rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 203, Issue , 2012, Pages 230-243

  Chang, Z ^a   Okamoto, K ^a   Bereiter, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Periaqueductal gray; Posterior thalamus; Sex difference; Temporomandibular joint; Trigeminal brainstem

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OVARIECTOMY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; THALAMUS;

EID: 84856411975     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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