A discrete dopaminergic projection from the incertohypothalamic A13 cell group to the dorsolateral periaqueductal gray in rat

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Messanvi, Fany ^a   Eggens Meijer, Ellie ^a   Roozendaal, Benno ^b   van der Want, Johannes J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

And A13 cell groups; Defensive behavior; Dopamine; Dorsolateral periaqueductal gray (dlPAG); Incertohypothalamic A11; Panic

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DOPAMINE; TRACER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; TISSUE PERFUSION; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 84890021037     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00041     Document Type: Article

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