Topographic Position of Forelimb Motoneuron Pools is Conserved in Vertebrate Evolution

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 90-99

  Ryan, James M ^a   Cushman, Jeremy ^a   Jordan, Becky ^a   Samuels, Amy ^a   Frazer, Heather ^a   Baier, Christopher ^a  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Iguanas; Mice; Motoneurons; Motor control; Neural control; Reptiles; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; IGUANIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LIZARD; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IGUANAS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031606382     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006531     Document Type: Article

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