Lack of topographical organisation of the corticospinal tract in the cervical spinal cord of the adult rat

Authors
Jeffery, ND Fitzgerald, M
Citation
Nd. Jeffery et M. Fitzgerald, Lack of topographical organisation of the corticospinal tract in the cervical spinal cord of the adult rat, BRAIN RES, 833(2), 1999, pp. 315-318
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BRAIN RESEARCH
ISSN journal
00068993 → ACNP
Volume
833
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
315 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8993(19990703)833:2<315:LOTOOT>2.0.ZU;2-J
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 interm ingled randomly. We conclude that there is no topographical organisation of the corticospinal tract in the cervical spinal cord. (C) 1999 Elsevier Sci ence B.V. All rights reserved.