Mediolateral and rostrocaudal topographic organization of the sympathetic preganglionic cell pool in the spinal cord of Xenopus laevis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 513, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-314

  Nakano, Masato ^a   Goris, Richard C ^a   Atobe, Yoshitoshi ^a   Kadota, Tetsuo ^a   Funakoshi, Kengo ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Celiac ganglion; Frog; Intercalated nucleus; Intermediolateral nucleus; Splanchnic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; FEMALE; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 62849085361     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21956     Document Type: Article

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