Crossing dendrites of the hypoglossal motoneurons: Possible morphological substrate of coordinated and synchronized tongue movements of the frog, Rana esculenta

Brain Research

Volumn 1313, Issue , 2010, Pages 89-96

  Bácskai, Tímea ^a   Veress, Gábor ^a   Halasi, Gábor ^a   Matesz, Clara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Hypoglossal; Neuronal labeling; Prey catching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENDRITE; FROG; GLIA; GLIA CELL; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RANA ESCULENTA; SYNAPSES; TONGUE;

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 74149086025     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.11.071     Document Type: Article

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