Nucleus retroambiguus projections to lumbosacral motoneuronal cell groups in the male cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-88

  Vanderhorst, Veronique G J M ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

medulla oblongata; periaqueductal gray; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; SPINAL CORD; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030896306     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970526)382:1<77::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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