The organization of acromiodeltoid and spinodeltoid motor nuclei in rat spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 738, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-149

  Choi, Joseph Y ^a   Hoover, John E ^a  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brachial enlargement; fluorescent tracer; forelimb; motoneuron; motor nucleus; rat; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030605138     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00958-4     Document Type: Article

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