The Anatomy of Brain Stem Pathways to the Spinal Cord in Cat. A Labeled Amino Acid Tracing Study

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 57, Issue C, 1982, Pages 145-175

  Holstege, Gert ^a   Kuypers, Henricus G J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CAT; EFFERENT NERVE; HISTOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CATS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0020393855     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)64128-X     Document Type: Article

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