Brainstem origins of glutamatergic innervation of the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2369-2394

  Ziegler, Dana R ^a   Edwards, Monica R ^a   Ulrich Lai, Yvonne M ^b   Herman, James P ^b   Cullinan, William E ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; CRH; Fluoro Gold; HPA axis; Stress; VGLUT2

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASCENDING RAPHE NUCLEUS; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FOREBRAIN; GLUTAMATERGIC INNERVATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNERVATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUBPARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84860908768     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23043     Document Type: Article

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