Organization of the projections from the pericruciate cortex to the pontomedullary reticular formation of the cat: A quantitative retrograde tracing study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 228-249

  Rho, Marie Josée ^a   Cabana, Thérèse ^a   Drew, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Corticoreticular; Dextran amines; Motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HINDLIMB; LABELING INDEX; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; PONS; RETICULAR FORMATION; XANTHENES;

EID: 0030809936     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971117)388:2<228::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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