Branching neurones in the cervical spinal cord with axons that reach sacral segments and the lateral reticular nucleus. An electrophysiological study in the cat

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-285

  Krutki, Piotr ^a   Grottel, Kazimierz ^a   Mrówczyński, Włodzimierz ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cat; Divergence; Lateral reticular nucleus; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; SACRAL SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032732244     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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