Characterization of commissural interneurons in the lumbar region of the neonatal rat spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 403, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 332-345

  Eide, Anne Lill ^a   Glover, Joel ^a   Kjaerulff, Ole ^b   Kiehn, Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; DiI; Fluorescent dextran amines; Locomotion; Motoneurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CARBOCYANINES; DENDRITES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTERNEURONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033579828     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990118)403:3<332::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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