Organization of the projections from the pericruciate cortex to the pontomedullary brainstem of the cat: A study using the anterograde tracer Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 617-641

  Matsuyama, Kiyoji ^a   Drew, Trevor ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticopontine; Corticoreticular; Motor cortex; Pontine nuclei; Promotor cortex; Reticular formation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CAT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; PONS ANGLE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBERS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PONS;

EID: 0031590678     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971229)389:4<617::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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