Location of efferent terminals of the primate flocculus and ventral paraflocculus revealed by anterograde axonal transport methods

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-269

  Nagao, Soichi ^a   Kitamura, Taiko ^c   Nakamura, Naoya ^b   Hiramatsu, Takehito ^a   Yamada, Jinzo ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar nuclei; Cerebellum; Flocculus; Monkey; Paraflocculus; Smooth pursuit; Vestibular nuclei; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; EFFERENT NERVE; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MACACA; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PONS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0030890009     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)01160-7     Document Type: Article

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