The lobulus petrosus of the paraflocculus relays cortical visual inputs to the posterior interposed and lateral cerebellar nuclei: An anterograde and retrograde tracing study in the monkey

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 252-263

  Xiong, Guoxiang ^a,b   Nagao, Soichi ^a,b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar nuclei; Extrastriate visual cortex; Petrosal lobule of paraflocculus; Pontine nuclei; Prearcuate cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; LOBULUS PETROSUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MACACA FASCICULARIS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PONS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0036460107     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1241-3     Document Type: Article

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