Projection patterns of lamina VIII commissural neurons in the lumbar spinal cord of the adult cat: An anterograde neural tracing study

Neuroscience

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-218

  Matsuyama, K ^a   Kobayashi, S ^a   Aoki, M ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

axonal morphology; biotinylated dextran amine; hindlimb locomotion; left right alternating rhythm; propriospinal neuron; termination pattern

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; DEXTRAN AMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THICKNESS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33646368666     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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