Inter-enlargement pathways in the ventrolateral funiculus of the adult rat spinal cord

Neuroscience

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1195-1207

  Reed, W R ^a   Shum Siu, A ^a   Onifer, S M ^a   Magnuson, D S K ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoro Gold; Fluoro Ruby; interlimb coordination; propriospinal pathways

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; INJECTION; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DEXTRANS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHODAMINES; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 33750342195     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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