Efferents from the lateral frontal cortex to spinomedullary target areas, trigeminal nuclei, and spinally projecting brainstem regions in the hedgehog tenrec

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 372, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-110

  Künzle, Heinz ^a   Lotter, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

hypothalamus; periaqueductal gray; pyramidal tract; reticulospinal projections; superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEDGEHOG; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOTOR SYSTEM; NECK; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEDGEHOGS; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE FIBERS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0029826940     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960812)372:1<88::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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