Organization and distribution of the upper and lower esophageal motoneurons in the medulla and the spinal cord of the rat

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 263-280

  Hayakawa, Tetsu ^a   Takanaga, Akinori ^a   Tanaka, Koichi ^a   Maeda, Seishi ^a   Seki, Makoto ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Nucleus ambiguus; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Retrograde tracing; Spinal accessory nucleus; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036490105     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.78.6_263     Document Type: Article

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