Glutamatergic neurons in the lateral periaqueductal gray innervate neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons in the ventrolateral medulla of the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-115

  Oka, Tatsuro ^a   Yokota, Shigefumi ^a   Tsumori, Toshiko ^a   Niu, Jian Guo ^a,b   Yasui, Yukihiko ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glutamatergic; Neurokinin 1 receptor; Periaqueductal gray; Rat; Respiration; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SYNAPSE; VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; WISTAR RAT;

AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; EMOTIONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RNA, MESSENGER; STILBAMIDINES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84868712694     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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