Tectal projections to the parvicellular reticular formation and the upper cervical spinal cord in the rat, with special reference to axon collateral innervation

Brain Research

Volumn 804, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-154

  Yasui, Yukihiko ^a   Ono, Katsuhiko ^a   Tsumori, Toshiko ^a   Yokota, Shigefumi ^a   Kishi, Toshiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon collateral; Cervical spinal cord; Parvicellular reticular formation; Rat; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUOROGOLD; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; HEAD MOVEMENT; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUTH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; NECK; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032584987     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00664-7     Document Type: Article

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