An experimental study of the course and termination of the spino-cerebellar systems in a lizard (Lacerta viridis)
Brain ResearchPublished 1 October 1968
Virgil L. Jacobs
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The Nauta silver method for staining degenerated axons was applied to 10 lizards having spinal cord lesions at various levels (1st–27th segment) and results were obtained.
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The Nauta silver method for staining degenerated axons was applied to 10 lizards (Lacerta viridis) having spinal cord lesions at various levels (1st–27th segment). The ascending spino-cerebellar tracts of each animal were observed at the 1st spinal segment and in the serial sections of the brain stem and cerebellum. The following results were obtained.
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