Proprioceptive representation of the levator veli palatini muscle in the solitary nucleus of the rat

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-218

  Furusawa, Kiyofumi ^a   Yasuda, Kouichi ^a   Okuda, Daizo ^a   Yamaoka, Minoru ^a  

^a MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ambiguus nucleus; glossopharyngeal nerve; horseradish peroxidase wheat germ agglutinin; levator veli palatini muscle; respiratory motoneuron; solitary nucleus

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TONGUE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; PALATAL MUSCLES; PALATE, SOFT; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0029878259     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1996)033<0213:PROTLV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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