Localization of motoneurons that extend axons through the ventral rami of cervical nerves to innervate the trapezius muscle: A study using fluorescent dyes and 3D reconstruction method

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Yan, Jun ^a   Aizawa, Yukio ^a   Hitomi, Jiro ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Cervical nerve; DiI DiO; Motoneuron column; Spinal accessory nerve; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDCARBOCYANINE PERCHLORATE; 3,3' DIOCTADECYLOXACARBOCYANINE PERCHLORATE; CARBOCYANINE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VENTRAL RAMUS OF CERVICAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; BACK; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 33845395830     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20300     Document Type: Article

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