Premotor nuerons for vertical eye movements in the rostral mesencephalon of monkey and human: Histologic identification by parvalbumin immunostaining

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 392, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-427

  Horn, Anja K E ^a   Büttner Ennever, Jean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burst neurons; Interstitial nucleus of Cajal; Mesencephalic reticular formation; Rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fascicle; Trans synaptic labelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MACACA; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PARVALBUMIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TETANUS TOXIN; TETANUS TOXIN FRAGMENT C; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; PARVALBUMINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SACCADES; TETANUS TOXIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0032536588     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980323)392:4<413::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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