The raccoon lateral cervical nucleus: Mediolateral organization of GABA-positive and GABA-negative neurons and fibers

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 463-474

  Broman, Jonas ^a   Pubols Jr , Benjamin H ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Cell sizes; Interneurons; Neurotransmitter; Somatosensory; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0029873965     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00185877     Document Type: Article

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