Projections from the lateral vestibular nucleus to the upper cervical spinal cord of the cat: A correlative light and electron microscopic study of axon terminals stained with PHA-L

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 571-585

  Rose, P K ^a   Ely, S ^a   Norkum, V ^a   Neuber Hess, M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bouton; Head movement; Lateral vestibulospinal tract; Medial vestibulospinal tract; Synapse; Varicosity

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEAD MOVEMENT; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE VESICLE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033538903     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990809)410:4<571::aid-cne5>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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