Spinal projections from the presumptive midbrain locomotor region in the mouse

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-219

  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

Biotinylated dextran amine; Fluoro gold; Precuneiform nucleus; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL LABELING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALIC LOCOMOTOR REGION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRECUNEIFORM NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; INTERNEURONS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84862902736     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0337-6     Document Type: Article

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