Motor nuclei of nerves innervating the tongue and hypoglossal musculature in a caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), as revealed by HRP transport

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 342-349

  Schmidt, Andrea ^a   Wake, David B ^b   Wake, Marvalee H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brainstem; occipital nerve; ramus hypolossus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; VAGUS NERVE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; TONGUE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0029900819     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960701)370:3<342::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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