The differential contributions of the parvocellular and the magnocellular subdivisions of the red nucleus to skilled reaching in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 295, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-57

  Morris, R ^a   Vallester, K K ^a   Newton, S S ^a   Kearsley, A P ^a   Whishaw, I Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arpeggio; Magnocellular red nucleus; Parvocellular red nucleus; Rubrospinal tract; Skilled reaching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARVOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REACHING; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; TRAINING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; INJURIES; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENOLASE; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; IBOTENIC ACID; MOVEMENT; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RED NUCLEUS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84926297264     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.03.027     Document Type: Article

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