Subregions of the periaqueductal gray topographically innervate the rostral ventral medulla in the rat
van Bockstaele E, Aston‐Jones G, Pieribone V, Ennis M, Shipley M. Subregions of the periaqueductal gray topographically innervate the rostral ventral medulla in the rat. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1991, 309: 305-327. PMID: 1717516, DOI: 10.1002/cne.903090303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentromedial periaqueductal grayDorsal periaqueductal grayPeriaqueductal grayVentrolateral periaqueductal grayVentromedial partWheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidaseAgglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidaseDistinct fiber pathwaysRetrograde tracing resultsRostral ventral medullaEdinger-Westphal nucleusDorsomedial periaqueductal graySupraoculomotor nucleusDistinct subregionsNucleus paragigantocellularisVentrolateral medullaVentral medullaPAG neuronsNucleus ambiguusFluoro-GoldRetrograde tracerCentral grayInnervation patternAnterograde labelingAnterograde tracer