Perioculomotor cell groups in monkey and man defined by their histochemical and functional properties: Reappraisal of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1317-1335

  Horn, Anja K ^a   Eberhorn, Andreas ^a   Härtig, Wolfgang ^b   Ardeleanu, Patricia ^a   Messoudi, Ahmed ^a   Büttner Ennever, Jean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anteromedian nucleus; Choline acetyltransferase; Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans; Nonphosphorylated neurofilaments; Nucleus of Perlia; Parasympathetic preganglionic neurons; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CILIARY GANGLION; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACACA; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UROCORTINS;

EID: 40949105608     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21598     Document Type: Article

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