The red nucleus and the rubrospinal projection in the mouse

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-232

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

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C1QL2; GAD67; Midbrain; Prosomere 1; Red nucleus; Rubrospinal tract; SMI 32; vGluT2

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84862895098     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0348-3     Document Type: Article

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