Do craniocervical and jaw motor nuclei receive input from the same population of reticular premotor neurons? A double labeling tracing study in the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-80

  Tellegen, Annet J ^a   Dubbeldam, Jacob L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birds; Brainstem; Fluorescent tracers; Medullary reticular formation; Premotor neurons; Supraspinal nucleus; Trigeminal motor nucleus

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029979097     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12621-5     Document Type: Article

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