Axon diameters and conduction velocities in the macaque pyramidal tract

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1229-1240

  Firmin, L ^a,b,c   Field, P ^b   Maier, M A ^c   Kraskov, A ^a   Kirkwood, P A ^a   Nakajima, K ^d   Lemon, R N ^a   Glickstein, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon; Conduction velocity; Corticospinal; Macaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; MALE; MEDULLARY PYRAMID; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; VENTRAL PREMOTOR CORTEX; ANIMAL; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84907235995     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00720.2013     Document Type: Article

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