title: Localization of the lumbar pools of motoneurones which provide hindlimb muscles in the rabbit.
abstract: The localization of the pools of motoneurones (Mns) to the main hindlimb muscles was performed in the rabbit, using the retrograde transport of HRP from motor end plates. After 48 h survival time, the large alpha Mns were labeled. All the pools were met inside L6-S2 limits and a functional organization was observed: the pools to proximal muscles formed a ventral group of Mns and the pools to distal muscles a dorsal group, with flexor and extensor pools apart. The relative disposition of the different pools fits with that described in the cat and rat.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, CNRS UA 1199, Faculté des Sciences Mirande, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Portal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Viala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001370:Axonal Transport; D002415:Cats; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase