Evidence for an anuran homologue of the mammalian spinocervicothalamic system: An in vitro tract-tracing study in Xenopus laevis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1390-1400

  Munoz A ^a,b   Munoz M ^a   Gonzalez A ^a   Ten Donkelaar, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Lateral cervical nucleus; Somatosensory projections; Spinal cord; Thalamus; Torus semicircularis

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOTIN; DEXTRAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINE; THALAMUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAMMALS; NECK; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; THORAX; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029942304     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01601.x     Document Type: Article

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