Central projections of thoracic splanchnic and somatic nerves and the location of sympathetic preganglionic neurons in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 456, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-337

  Nakano, Masato ^a   Kishida, Reiji ^a   Funakoshi, Kengo ^a   Tsukagoshi, Midori ^a   Goris, Richard C ^a   Kadota, Tetsuo ^a   Atobe, Yoshitoshi ^a   Hisajima, Tatsuya ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Frog; Somatosensory system; Spinal cord; Sympathetic efferent neuron; Viscerosensory system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THORAX; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037450371     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10514     Document Type: Article

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