Quantitative inter-segmental and inter-laminar comparison of corticospinal projections from the forelimb area of the primary motor cortex of macaque monkeys

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1164-1179

  Yoshino Saito, K ^a,b,c   Nishimura, Y ^a,b   Oishi, T ^b,d   Isa, T ^a,b,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Dexterity; Hand and arm; Monkey; Propriospinal neurons; Spinal cord interneurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; MACACA; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 78650172129     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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