Neonatal paralysis of the rat soleus muscle selectively affects motoneurones from more caudal segments of the spinal cord

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-286

  Greensmith, Linda ^a   Hind, Angela ^a   Vrbová, Gerta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; motoneuron; nerve:muscle interaction; paralysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0031579421     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00200-3     Document Type: Article

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