Localization of last-order premotor interneurons in the lumbar spinal cord of rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-389

  Puskár, Zita ^a   Antal, Miklós ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran amine; Motor system; Retrograde neural tracing; Spinal motor apparatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL LABELING; GRAY MATTER; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERNEURONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031583810     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971222)389:3<377::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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