Connections of neurons in the lumbar ventral horn of spinal cord are altered after long-standing limb loss in a macaque monkey

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 229-239

  Qi, Hui Xin ^a   Phillips, W Stewart ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motoneuron shrinkage; Neuroanatomical tracers; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LIMB AMPUTATION; MACACA; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; LEG; LEG INJURIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MACACA MULATTA; MACACA RADIATA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 11344257600     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220400012588     Document Type: Article

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