Vestibulospinal, reticulospinal and descending propriospinal nerve fibres in man

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1819-1833

  Nathan, P W ^a,b   Smith, Marion ^c   Deacon, Patricia ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Natl Hosp for Neurol/Neurosurgery ^*

Author keywords

Anatomy of human spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CORDOTOMY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CATS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0030481332     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.6.1809     Document Type: Article

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