Quantitative analysis of converging spinal and cuneate mossy fibre afferent projections to the rat cerebellar anterior lobe

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 373-388

  Alisky, J M ^a   Tolbert, D L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cuneocerebellar; Parasagittal stripes; Spinocerebellar; Terminal patches; Topography

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CEREBELLUM; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030873769     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00082-1     Document Type: Article

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