The spinal trigeminal nucleus - Considerations on the structure of the nucleus caudalis

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-328

  Rusu, Mugurel Constantin ^a,b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Human morphology; Spinal trigeminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CADAVER; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE PLEXUS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

ANIMALIA; LAMIINAE; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 4644293575     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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