Morphology and ultrastructure of medial rectus subgroup motoneurons in the macaque monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 626-641

  Erichsen, Jonathan T ^a   Wright, Nicholas F ^a   May, Paul J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraocular; Eye movements; Eye muscles; Gaze; Motor neurons; Oculomotor; Vergence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; MACACA; MALE; MEDIAL RECTUS MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EXTRAOCULAR; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYE MUSCLES; GAZE; MOTOR NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR; VERGENCE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 84890853474     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23437     Document Type: Article

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