Organization of dye-coupled cerebellar granule cells labeled from afferent vestibular and dorsal root fibers in the frog Rana esculenta

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 496, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 382-394

  Rácz, Eva ^a   Bácskai, Timea ^a   Halasi, Gabor ^a   Kovács, Endbe ^a   Matesz, Clara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Neurobiotin labeling; Somatosensory system; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FROG; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULE CELL; INNER EAR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; NEURONS; RANA ESCULENTA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 33645660234     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20922     Document Type: Article

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