Morphology of lumbar-projecting lateral vestibulospinal neurons in the brainstem and cervical spinal cord in the squirrel monkey

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-122

  Boyle, R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; INNERVATION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; AXONS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; LYSINE; MALE; MOVEMENT; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; POSTURE; SAIMIRI; TAIL; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS, LATERAL;

ANIMALIA; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0034005415     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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