Cat pontocerebellar network: Numerical capacity and axonal collateral branching of neurones in the pontine nuclei projecting to individual parafloccular folia

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-210

  Bjaalie, Jan G ^a   Brodal, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cerebrocerebellar; Fluorescent tracers; Neural network; Paraflocculus; Pontine nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CEREBELLUM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030891743     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01149-2     Document Type: Article

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