Brainstem efferents from the interface between the nucleus medialis and the nucleus interpositus in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 402, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 264-275

  Buisseret Delmas, C ^a   Angaut, P ^b   Compoint, C ^a   Diagne, M ^a   Buisseret, P ^c  

^a Lab Neuroanatomie Fonct Syst S   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Accessory oculomotor nuclei; Cerebellum; Inferior olive; Neurotracers; Red nucleus; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAZE; INFERIOR OLIVE; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EYE MOVEMENTS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; POSTURE; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0032517736     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981214)402:2<264::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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