Aborisation and termination of single motor thalamocortical axons in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-130

  Aumann, T D ^a   Ivanusic, J ^a   Horne, M K ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cerebellum; Histology; Motor cortex; Motor thalamus

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032557740     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980622)396:1<121::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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