Reticulospinal neurons in anamniotic vertebrates: A celebration of Alberto Stefanelli's contributions to comparative neuroscience

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 295-306

  Zottoli, Steven J ^a,b   Cioni, Carla ^c   Seyfarth, Ernst August ^d  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hindbrain; Mauthner cells; M ller axons; M ller cells; Reticular formation; Reticulospinal system

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AMPHIBIA; CELL FUNCTION; FISH; MAUTHNER CELL; MUELLER CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETICULOSPINAL NERVE CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; VERTEBRATE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 34548504112     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.05.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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