Regional patterning of reticulospinal and vestibulospinal neurons in the hindbrain of mouse and rat embryos

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 288-300

  Auclair, François ^a   Marchand, Raymond ^a   Glover, Joel C ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bulbospinal; Descending projections; Development; Fluorescent dextran amines; Rhombomere; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033598123     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990823)411:2<288::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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