Postnatal development of corticospinal projections from motor cortex to the cervical enlargement in the macaque monkey

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 251-266

  Armand, J ^a   Olivier, E ^b,d   Edgley, S A ^c   Lemon, R N ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

anterograde transport of WGA HRP; cortico motoneuronal projections; corticospinal development; densitometric analysis; macaque monkey; primary motor cortex hand area

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; GRAY MATTER; HAND MUSCLE; MACACA; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

EID: 0031014267     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-01-00251.1997     Document Type: Article

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