Early development of descending supraspinal pathways: A tracing study in fixed and isolated rat embryos

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 539-547

  De Boer van Huizen, R T ^a   Ten Donkelaar, H J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Descending pathways; Interstitial nucleus of the fasciculus longitudinalis medialis; Neuroembryology; Reticular formation

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CARBOCYANINE; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INNERVATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN STEM; CARBOCYANINES; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032939985     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050251     Document Type: Article

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