Cholinergic neurons in the mouse rostral ventrolateral medulla target sensory afferent areas

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 455-475

  Stornetta, Ruth L ^a   Macon, Conrad J ^a   Nguyen, Thanh M ^a   Coates, Melissa B ^a   Guyenet, Patrice G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Medulla oblongata; Somatosensory processing

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUOROGOLD; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OXYGENASE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DEPENDOVIRUS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STILBAMIDINES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84878837423     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0408-3     Document Type: Article

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