Effects of botulinum neurotoxin type A on abducens motoneurons in the cat: Alterations of the discharge pattern

Neuroscience

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 437-455

  Moreno Lopez B ^a   De la Cruz, R R ^a   Pastor, A M ^a   Delgado Garcia J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Moteneurons; Neurotoxins; Oculomotor system; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DOSE RESPONSE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CATS; EYE MOVEMENTS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS;

EID: 0031559908     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00199-1     Document Type: Article

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