Laterality of the pontocerebellar projections in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1551-1556

  Serapide, M F ^a   Zappala A ^a   Parenti, R ^a   Panto M R ^a   Cicirata, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basilar pontine nuclei; Cerebellum; Neuroanatomy; Nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis; Pontocerebellar projections

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL LABELING; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS ANGLE; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CEREBELLUM; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036460428     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01993.x     Document Type: Article

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