Direct cortico-motoneuronal synaptic contacts are present in the adult rat cervical spinal cord and are first established at postnatal day 7

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-126

  Curfs, Max H J M ^a,b   Gribnau, Agnes A M ^a   Dederen, Pieter J W C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Sophia Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord; Corticospinal tract; Double labelling; Electron microscopy; Motoneurons; Rat; Synaptic contacts

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT;

EID: 0030067746     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12396-X     Document Type: Article

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