Retrograde analysis of the cerebellar projections to the posteroventral part of the ventral lateral thalamic nucleus in the macaque monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 508, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 286-314

  Evrard, Henry C ^a   Craig, A D ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynergia; Cerebellum; Motor learning; Motor synergies; Motor thalamus

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INJECTION; MACACA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; EXTREMITIES; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LATERAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 42449147436     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21674     Document Type: Article

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