Evidence for monosynaptic projections from the nucleus retroambiguus to hindlimb motoneurons in the cat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-36

  VanderHorst, Veronique G J M ^a   De Weerd, Henk ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

caudal medulla; cholera toxin subunit b; electron microscopy; lumbosacral; motor control; reproductive behavior; respiration; wheat germ agglutinin horseradish peroxidase

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHOLERA TOXIN; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0031054228     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13449-8     Document Type: Article

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