The trigeminal motonucleus in man

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 346-354

  Marani, E ^a   Usunoff, K G ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

motoneurons; Cortical projections; Man interneurons; Motoneuron; Trigeminus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA MOTONEURON; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL DECORTICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0032322061     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.106.5.346.4364     Document Type: Article

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