title: Brainstem projections to cats' upper lumbar spinal cord: implications for abdominal muscle control.
abstract: Unilateral L1-L2 gray matter HRP injections labeled neurons bilaterally in nucleus retroambiguus (expiratory neuron region of caudal ventral respiratory group) and ventromedial reticular formation. Minor labeling occurred in raphe, vestibular, and medial parabrachial nuclei, lateral reticular formation, and C1-C2. Midsagittal lesions between C1 and obex prevented nucleus retroambiguus labeling (except 1 contralateral cell adjacent an incomplete lesion), indicating that these neurons decussate between C1 and obex and have collaterals that recross the spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lakos
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D002415:Cats / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase