Functional somatotopic organisation of motoneurons supplying the rabbit masseter muscle

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-289

  Weijs, W A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Functional Morphology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

compartments; HRP; motor control; somatotopy; trigeminal motoneurons

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR NEURONS; RABBITS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0030068630     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960108)364:2<279::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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