The lumbar cord location of the motoneurons innervating psoas and iliacus muscles: A single and double labeling study in the female Syrian golden hamster

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Gerrits, Peter O ^a   Boers, José ^a   Holstege, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin B subunit; Horseradish peroxidase; Motor control; Obliquus externus; Obliquus internus; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MATING; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOCRICETUS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSOAS MUSCLES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031465738     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00842-2     Document Type: Article

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