Light microscopic observations of the contacts made between two spindle afferent types and α-motoneurons in the cat trigeminal motor nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 436-450

  Yabuta, Neusa Harumi ^a   Yasuda, Kouichi ^a   Nagase, Yoshitaka ^a   Yoshida, Atsushi ^a   Fukunishi, Yumiko ^a   Shigenaga, Yoshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HRP; intracellular; jaw muscle; stretch reflex; synaptic contact

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 10244230906     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961021)374:3<436::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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