Quantitative analyses of neurons projecting to primary motor cortex zones controlling limb movements in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 835, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-187

  Gu, Xi ^a   Staines, William A ^a   Fortier, Pierre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrum; Fluorescent; Motor cortex; Movement; Rat; Thalamus; Tracer

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FAST BLUE; FLUOROGOLD; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EFFERENT NERVE; FRONTAL CORTEX; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033600472     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01576-0     Document Type: Article

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