title: Lack of topographical organisation of the corticospinal tract in the cervical spinal cord of the adult rat.
abstract: The fluorescent dextran, Fluororuby, was injected into either the hindlimb or forelimb sensorimotor cortex to label corticospinal axons projecting to corresponding regions of spinal cord. In the rostral cervical spinal cord, labelled axons projecting to the lumbar or cervical grey matter were intermingled randomly. We conclude that there is no topographical organisation of the corticospinal tract in the cervical spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Medawar Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. ucgandj@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D003911:Dextrans; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D012235:Rhodamines
chemical_list: D003911:Dextrans; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C067661:Fluoro-Ruby; D012235:Rhodamines