Reply: The cuneiform nucleus may be involved in the regulation of skeletal muscle tone by motor pathway: A virally mediated trans-synaptic tracing study in surgically sympathectomized mice

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Alam, Mesbah ^a   Schwabe, Kerstin ^a   Krauss, Joachim K ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

BODY POSTURE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CUNEIFORM NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GAIT; GAMMA MOTONEURON; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LETTER; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SKELETAL MUSCLE TONE; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84884833595     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt125     Document Type: Letter

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