Geometry of rubrospinal, rubroolivary, and local circuit neurons in the macaque red nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 423, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-219

  Burman, Kathleen ^a   Darian Smith, Corinna ^a   Darian Smith, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dendrite morphology; Interneurons; Intracellular labeling; Primate; Rubral neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTERNEURONS; ISOQUINOLINES; LYSINE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034710296     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000724)423:2<197::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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