Relation between axon morphology in C1 spinal cord and spatial properties of medial vestibulospinal tract neurons in the cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 285-303

  Perlmutter, S I ^a,c   Iwamoto, Y ^a,b   Barke, L F ^a   Baker, J F ^a   Peterson, B W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CAT; DECEREBRATION; GRAY MATTER; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0031892166     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.1.285     Document Type: Article

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