The morphology of the axons and axon collaterals of rat jaw-elevator motoneurones.
We have made intracellular injections of horseradish peroxidase into the somata of jaw-elevator motoneurones and subsequently reconstructed the axonal morphology of 4 cells. In each case the axons gave off collaterals which were essentially restricted to the ventral portion of the V motor nucleus. This observation provides the first evidence that these motoneurones may exert recurrent synaptic effects.
Moore
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Department of Physiology, University of Leeds, U.K.
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D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats
D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase