Fine structural evidence of mechanoreception in spinal lumbosacral accessory lobes of pigeons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-16

  Rosenberg, Jörg ^a   Necker, Reinhold ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory lobes; Finger like processes; Lumbosacral spinal cord; Mechanoreceptors; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACK; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DENDRITES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034607605     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01006-5     Document Type: Article

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