Morphology of single vestibulospinal collaterals in the upper cervical spinal cord of the cat: III collaterals originating from axons in the ventral funiculus ipsilateral to their cells of origin

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-31

  Rose, P K ^a   Tourond, J A ^a   Donevan, A H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

descending axons; head movement; neck; pha I

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; HEAD MOVEMENT; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; CELL SIZE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEAD; NECK; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0030032587     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960101)364:1<16::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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