Identification of posterior cricoarytenoid motoneurons in the rat

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 11 I, 1999, Pages 1033-1041

  Berkowitz, Robert G ^a   Sun, Qi Jian ^b   Chalmers, John ^a,b   Pilowsky, Paul ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motoneuron; Nucleus ambiguus; Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle; Retrograde labeling; Vocal cord

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRICOID; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 0032708074     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910801103     Document Type: Article

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