Rostroventrolateral medulla neurons with commissural projections provide input to sympathetic premotor neurons: Anatomical And Functional Evidence

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2504-2515

  Turner, Anita ^a   Kumar, Natasha ^b   Farnham, Melissa ^a   Lung, Mandy ^c   Pilowsky, Paul ^a   Mcmullan, Simon ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterograde; Extracellular single unit; Retrograde; Spike triggered average; Sympathetic neuron

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; ENKEPHALIN; URETHAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; ROSTROVENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 84882678400     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12232     Document Type: Article

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