Conduction properties of identified neural pathways in the central nervous system of mice in vivo

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-122

  Tanaka, Hisataka ^a,b   Ono, Katsuhiko ^a   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^b,c   Isa, Tadashi ^a   Ikenaka, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Dorsal column; Mouse; Pyramidal tract; Relative refractory period; Reticulospinal tract; Vestibulospinal tract

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4143116836     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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