Distribution of hypoglossal motor neurons innervating the prehensile tongue of the African pig-nosed frog, Hemisus marmoratum

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Anderson, Curtis W ^a   Nishikawa, Kiisa C ^b   Keifer, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b Physiol Funct Morphology Grp N   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran amphibian; Hypoglossal nerve; Motor nuclei; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FROG; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AXONAL TRANSPORT; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; TONGUE;

EID: 0032489339     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00111-6     Document Type: Article

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