Ultrastructural analysis of rat ventrolateral periaqueductal gray projections to the A5 cell group

Neuroscience

Volumn 224, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-159

  Bajic, D ^a   Van Bockstaele, E J ^b   Proudfit, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracer; Biotinylated dextran amine; Electron microscopy; Synapse; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; SYNAPSE; VENTROLATERAL PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84866273051     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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