Animal cells and systems

  • 제4권4호
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  • Pages.353-359
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  • 2000
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  • 1976-8354(pISSN)
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  • 2151-2485(eISSN)
한국통합생물학회 (The Korean Society for Integrative Biology)
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Distribution of Neurons in the Lateral Reticular Nucleus Projecting to Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Segments , of the Spinal Cord in the Rat

  • Lee, Hyun Sook (Department of Premedical Science, School of Medicine, Konkuk Univeraity)
  • 발행 : 2000.12.01
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Location of the neurons in the lateral reticular nucleus projecting to dorsal horn of the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar spinal cord was investigated in the rat using the technique of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase. The projection was bilateral with ipsilateral predominance. Neurons projecting to the cervical spinal cord were located near the medial, dorsal, and lateral perimeter of the magnocellular division of the lateral reticular nucleus, whereas cells projecting to the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord were localized in the medial and dorsal boundaries of the magnocellular division. The labeled neurons were distinctly multipolar in shape and measured approximately 10-15 $\mu m$ in their greatest transverse diameter. A few neurons were also observed in the subtrigeminal nucleus, whereas few cells were in the parbocellular division. These observations provide an anatomical substrate for the functional implication of the lateral reticular nucleus in the regulation of spinal nociceptive transmission and vascular hemodynamics via the descending pathway into the spinal cord.

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