Crossing inputs of the superior laryngeal nerve afferents to medullary swallowing-related neurons in the cat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-245

  Sugimoto, Toshihiko ^a   Umezaki, Toshiro ^a   Takagi, Seiji ^a   Narikawa, Keita ^a   Shin, Takemoto ^a  

^a Nara Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain split; Cat; Extracellular recording; Medulla oblongata; Reticular formation; Superior laryngeal nerve; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; FACILITATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SWALLOWING;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CATS; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0032033633     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(98)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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