Organization of lumbosacral motoneuronal cell groups innervating hindlimb, pelvic floor, and axial muscles in the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-76

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

motor control; retrograde tracing; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PELVIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030984578     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970526)382:1<46::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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