Reticulospinal pathways in the ventrolateral funiculus with terminations in the cervical and lumbar enlargements of the adult rat spinal cord

Neuroscience

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 505-517

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

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

Author keywords

commissural reticulospinal neurons; Fluoro Gold; Fluoro Ruby; locomotion; medulla; retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

DYE; FLUOROGOLD; FLUORORUBY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; GRAY MATTER; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VENTROLATERAL FUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHODAMINES; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 37849046599     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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