Somatosensory input to the ventrolateral thalamic region in the macaque monkey: A potential substrate for parkinsonian tremor

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 455, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 378-395

  Stepniewska, Iwona ^a   Sakai, Sharleen T ^b   Qi, Hui Xin ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracers; Cerebellar input; Lemniscal pathway; Pallidal input; Spinothalamic pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MACACA; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CEREBELLUM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0037434096     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10499     Document Type: Article

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