Physical (in)activity-dependent structural plasticity in bulbospinal catecholaminergic neurons of rat rostral ventrolateral medulla

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 499-513

  Mischel, Nicholas A ^a   Llewellyn Smith, Ida J ^a,b   Mueller, Patrick J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neuroplasticity; Sedentary; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDULLARY NUCLEUS; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

NEUROPLASTICITY; SEDENTARY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DENDRITES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84890824390     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23464     Document Type: Article

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