Morphology of Brachial Segments in Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) Spinal Cord Studied with Confocal and Electron Microscopy

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 471, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-385

  Jovanovic, Ksenija ^a   Burke, Robert E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator for locomotion; Interneurons; Motoneurons; Subpial plexus

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL SPINAL CORD; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPENDYMA; FLUORESCENCE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NECTURUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL ROOT; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NECTURUS MACULOSUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 1442275813     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20044     Document Type: Article

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