Ultrastructural anatomy of physiologically identified jaw-muscle spindle afferent terminations onto retrogradely labeled jaw-elevator motoneurons in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 384-401

  Luo, Pifu ^a   Dessem, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotinamide; Horseradish peroxidase; Presynaptic; Proprioception; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; JAW MUSCLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0033548886     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990412)406:3<384::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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