Morphology of single pontine reticulospinal axons in the lumbar enlargement of the cat: A study using the anterograde tracer PHA-L

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 413-430

  Matsuyama, Kiyoji ^a   Mori, Futoshi ^a   Kuze, Bunya ^a   Mori, Shigemi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Descending axon; Lumbosacral cord; Nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis; Nucleus reticularis pontis oralis; Pontine reticular formation

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; GRAY MATTER; INNERVATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CATS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PONS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033517174     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990802)410:3<413::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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