Projections from the paralemniscal nucleus to the spinal cord in the mouse

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1307-1316

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

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Fluoro gold; Paralemniscal nucleus; Retrograde tracing; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PARALEMNISCAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; VENTRAL ROOT; VOCALIZATION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; PONS; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 84883173693     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0459-5     Document Type: Article

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