An electron microscopic examination of the corticospinal projection to the cervical spinal cord in the rat: Lack of evidence for cortico-motoneuronal synapses

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 458-469

  Yang, H W ^a,b   Lemon, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Boutons; Corticospinal; Motoneurons; Motor cortex; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORELIMB; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0037392912     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1393-9     Document Type: Article

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