Musculotopic organization of the motor neurons supplying the mouse hindlimb muscles: A quantitative study using Fluoro-Gold retrograde tracing

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 303-321

  Bácskai, Tímea ^a   Rusznák, Zoltán ^a   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

3D modeling; Hindlimb; Motor neuron; Musculotopic organization; Retrograde tracing; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FLUORO GOLD; FLUOROCHROME; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DENDRITE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GRAY MATTER; HAMSTRING; HINDLIMB; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; INNERVATION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRATUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SURVIVAL TIME; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

MUS; QUADRATUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HINDLIMB; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 84892367007     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0501-7     Document Type: Article

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