Projections from the brain to the spinal cord in the mouse

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 159-186

  Liang, Huazheng ^a   Paxinos, George ^b   Watson, Charles ^c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Descending spinal tracts; FG; HRP; Precuneiform area; Retrograde tracing; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LAMINECTOMY; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RED NUCLEUS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTAXIS; STRIA TERMINALIS; TECTUM; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FLUORESCENT DYES; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79951948366     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0281-x     Document Type: Article

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