Lack of topographical organisation of the corticospinal tract in the cervical spinal cord of the adult rat

Brain Research

Volumn 833, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 315-318

  Jeffery, Nick D ^a   Fitzgerald, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon labelling; Corticospinal; Fluororuby; Topographical

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; HINDLIMB; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0033519894     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01562-0     Document Type: Article

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