Rostrocaudal Distribution of Motoneurones and Variation in Ventral Horn Area within a Segment of the Feline Thoracic Spinal Cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 472, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-291

  Meehan, Claire F ^a   Ford, Tim W ^a,b   Road, Jeremy D ^c   Donga, Revers ^d   Saywell, Shane A ^a,e   Anissimova, Natalia P ^a   Kirkwood, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulbospinal connections; Intercostal nerves; Respiratory muscle

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; BULBOSPINAL TRACT; CAT; CELL COUNT; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTRAL ROOT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CATS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 1842535139     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20096     Document Type: Article

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