Musculotopic organization of the motor neurons supplying forelimb and shoulder girdle muscles in the mouse

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 221-238

  Bácskai, Tímea ^a   Fu, Yuhong ^a   Sengul, Gulgun ^b   Rusznák, Zoltán ^a   Paxinos, George ^a,c   Watson, Charles ^a,d  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Motor neuron; Musculotopic organization; Retrograde tracing; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HAND MUSCLE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORELIMB; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; SHOULDER; SPINAL NERVES; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 84872278815     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0396-3     Document Type: Article

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