Bilateral projection of neurones of the C6 segment to S1 and S2 segments of the spinal cord in the cat

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Krutki, Piotr ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

bilateral projection; C6 segment; propriospinal neurones; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; SACRAL SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031046502     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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