Anatomical evidence for interconnections between the central mesencephalic reticular formation and cervical spinal cord in the cat and macaque

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-160

  Warren, Susan ^a   Waitzman, David M ^b   May, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaze; Head movement; Oculomotor; Reticulospinal; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CERVICAL SPINE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; INJECTION; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CATS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; INJECTIONS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADES; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 41949138160     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20644     Document Type: Article

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