A monosynaptic pathway links the vestibular nuclei and masseter muscle motoneurons in rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 665-671

  Cuccurazzu, B ^a,c   Deriu, F ^c   Tolu, E ^c   Yates, B J ^a,b   Billig, I ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran amine; Cholera toxin; Jaw musculature; Motor trigeminal nucleus; Prepositus hypoglossi; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRAN; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE;

EID: 33846611481     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0834-7     Document Type: Article

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