The central projections of the laryngeal nerves in the rat

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-228

  Pascual Font, Arán ^a   Hernández Morato, Ignacio ^a   Mchanwell, Stephen ^b   Vázquez, Teresa ^a   Maranillo, Eva ^a   Sañudo, Jose ^a   Valderrama Canales, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus; Larynx; Nucleus ambiguus; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Solitary tract

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNX; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DEXTRANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

RATTUS;

EID: 79960105783     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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