Projections from the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus to commissural interneurons in the supratrigeminal region: An electron microscope study in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-60

  Li, Jin Lian ^a,c   Kaneko, Takeshi ^a   Nomura, Sakashi ^a   Mizuno, Noboru ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brainstem reflex; Electron microscopy; Rat; Spinal trigeminal nucleus; Supratrigeminal region; Trigeminal motor nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FACE MUSCLE; INTERNEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; INJECTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0032544369     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00661-2     Document Type: Article

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