Projections of the basilar pontine nuclei and nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis to the cerebellar nuclei of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 452, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-127

  Parenti, Rosalba ^a   Zappalaand̀, Agata ^a   Serapide, Maria Francesca ^a   Pantoand̀, Maria Rosita ^a   Cicirata, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BPN; Cerebellum; Neuroanatomy; NRTP; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037078230     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10316     Document Type: Article

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