Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus neurons: A multivariate taxonomy

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 403, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-377

  Jarvinen, Michael K ^a   Powley, Terry L ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Cluster analysis; Golgi Cox stain; Preganglionic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TAXONOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN STEM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES; TERMINOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033579931     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990118)403:3<359::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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