Development of phrenic motoneuron morphology in the fetal rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 382, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 469-479

  Allan, Douglas W ^a   Greer, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

breathing; diaphragm; DiI; gap junctions; ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIAPHRAGM; FETUS; FETUS BREATHING; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030902794     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970616)382:4<469::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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