Axonal projections of renshaw cells in the thoracic spinal cord

Physiological Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Saywell, Shane A ^c   Ford, Timothy W ^a   Kirkwood, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Axonal projections; Interneurons; Recurrent inhibition; Renshaw cell; Respiratory neurons; Thoracic spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AXON; CAT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NONHUMAN; RECURRENT INHIBITION; RENSHAW CELL; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORAX;

EID: 85008965852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.161     Document Type: Article

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