Projections from the thoracic cord to the cerebellar nuclei in the rat, studied by anterograde axonal tracing

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 386, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-421

  Matsushita, Matsuo ^a   Gao, Xiulai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cortex; Cerebellum; Clarke's column; Spinal cord; Spinocerebellar tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; THORAX;

EID: 0030842690     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970929)386:3<409::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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