Functional heterogeneity of the piramidal system: Corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts;Heterogeneidad funcional del sistema piramidal: Tractos corticobulbar y corticoespinal

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 438-452

  Canedo, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Collateralization; Corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts; Ontogeny; Phylogeny; Pyramidal system; Sensorimotor coordination

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CORTICOBULBAR TRACT; HUMAN; INFERIOR OLIVE; LEG MUSCLE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE TRACT; PRIMATE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0037366170     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3605.2003059     Document Type: Review

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