Primary Afferent Terminal Sprouting after a Cervical Dorsal Rootlet Section in the Macaque Monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 470, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-150

  Darian Smith, Corinna ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root injury; Plasticity, primate; Rhizotomy; Somatosensory cortex; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DORSAL ROOT; HAND FUNCTION; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINE INJURY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DENERVATION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0742287866     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.11030     Document Type: Article

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