Peripheral specification of Ia synaptic input to motoneurons innervating foreign target muscles

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-481

  Ritter, Amy M ^a   Frank, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Motoneurons; Specificity; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032738652     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199912)41:4<471::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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