Evidence that trigeminal brainstem interneurons form subpopulations to produce different forms of mastication in the rabbit

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6466-6479

  Westberg, K G ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Mastication; Pattern generation; Rabbit; Rhythmical movements; Trigeminal system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MASTICATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032529550     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06466.1998     Document Type: Article

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