Morphological evidence for recurrent jaw-muscle spindle afferent feedback within the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 710, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 260-264

  Luo, Pifu ^a   Dessem, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Horseradish peroxidase; Neurobiotin; Primary afferent; Proprioception; Rat

Indexed keywords

BIOTINAMIDE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; JAW MUSCLE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0029885019     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01439-X     Document Type: Article

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