Electron microscopic observation of synaptic connections of jaw-muscle spindle and periodontal afferent terminals in the trigeminal motor and supratrigeminal nuclei in the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 421-435

  Bae, Yong Chul ^a   Nakagawa, Shinji ^b   Yasuda, Kouichi ^b   Yabuta, Neusa Harumi ^b   Yoshida, Atsushi ^b   Pil, Park Kuk ^a   Moritani, Masayuki ^b   Chen, Kang ^b   Nagase, Yoshitaka ^b   Takemura, Motohide ^b   Shigenaga, Yoshio ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HRP; intraaxonal; jaw reflex; mesencephalic; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; JAW MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; JAW; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIODONTIUM; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 1842346494     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961021)374:3<421::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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