Descending neural projections to the spinal cord in the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-253

  New, John G ^a   Snyder, Bethany D ^a   Woodson, Katherine L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Descending spinal pathways; Red nucleus; Reticular formation; Siluriforms; Vestibulospinal

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ICTALURIDAE; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031687442     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199810)252:2<235::AID-AR9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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