Postnatal maturation of the red nucleus motor map depends on rubrospinal connections with forelimb motor pools

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4432-4441

  Williams, Preston T J A ^a   Kim, Sangsoo ^a   Martin, John H ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Development; Motor neuron; Red nucleus; Rubrospinal tract; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATURATION; MICROSTIMULATION MAPPING; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SURVIVAL TIME; TOPOGRAPHY;

CORTICOSPINAL TRACT; DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR NEURON; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84896297192     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5332-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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