Micro-organization of olivocerebellar and corticonuclear connections of the paravermal cerebellum in the cat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2726-2738

  Garwicz, M ^a,b   Apps, R ^a   Trott, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fluorescent tracing; Inferior olive; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CAT; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; INFERIOR OLIVE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0030480216     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01567.x     Document Type: Article

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