Collateral projections from single neurons in the dorsal column nuclei to the inferior colliculus and the ventrobasal thalamus: A retrograde double-labeling study in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-24

  Li, He ^a,b   Mizuno, Noboru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Axon collaterals; Dorsal column nuclei; Inferior colliculus; Rat; Sensory trigeminal nuclei; Somatosensory system; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODAMINES; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030897599     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00183-3     Document Type: Article

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