Ascending Pathways: Anatomy and Physiology

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 477-526

  Lima, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Ascending system; Dorsal reticular nucleus; Globus pallidus; Hypothalamus; Infralimbic cortex; Nociceptive pathways; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Parabrachial nuclei; Periaqueductal gray; Rostral ventromedial medulla; Septal complex; Spinal cord; Thalamus; Ventrolateral reticular formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882521674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00177-8     Document Type: Chapter

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