Development of the rat phrenic nerve and the terminal distribution of phrenic afferents in the cervical cord

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 625-643

  Song, Aihua ^a   Tracey, D J ^a   Ashwell, K W S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Myelination; Pleura; Respiration; Sensory

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FETUS; MOTONEURON; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SIZE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; MYELIN SHEATH; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0032745548     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050310     Document Type: Article

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