The structure and development of avian lumbosacral specializations of the vertebral canal and the spinal cord with special reference to a possible function as a sense organ of equilibrium

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-74

  Necker, R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory lobes; Chicken; Embryos; Glycogen body; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUID FLOW; HATCHING; INNER EAR; LOCOMOTION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MATURATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MENINX; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSE ORGAN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHICK EMBRYO; COLUMBIDAE; GLYCOGEN; LIGAMENTS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MENINGES; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORGANOGENESIS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SENSE ORGANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

AVES; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 24044530139     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-005-0016-6     Document Type: Article

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