Distribution of vestibulospinal contacts on the dendrites of ipsilateral splenius motoneurons: An anatomical substrate for push-pull interactions during vestibulocollic reflexes

Brain Research

Volumn 1333, Issue , 2010, Pages 9-27

  Grande, Giovanbattista ^a   Bui, Tuan Vu ^a   Rose, P Ken ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excitatory and inhibitory input; Input compartmentalization; Motor Sensory Systems; Spinal Cord Brainstem; Synapse specificity; Synaptic interactions; Tract Tracing Staining; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; DENDRITE; DESCENDING VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAL VESTIBULOSPINAL TRACT; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIUS MOTONEURON; STAINING; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BUPRENORPHINE; CATS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR NEURONS; NARCOTICS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 77952322869     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.03.065     Document Type: Article

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