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An ipsilateral projection from the red nucleus to the lateral reticular nucleus in the cat

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Injections of the wheat germ agglutinin — horse-radish peroxidase complex into the lateral reticular nucleus reveal that in addition to the well known contralateral rubroreticular connection, there is also a small but clear cut ipsilateral projection. Cells of various sizes participate in this ipsilateral pathway, and the retrogradely labelled neurons lie dispersed throughout the entire red nucleus.

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  1. Anatomical Institute, University of Oslo, Karl Johans gate 47, N-0162, Oslo 1, Norway

    Hanne Qvist, Espen Dietrichs & Fred Walberg

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Qvist, H., Dietrichs, E. & Walberg, F. An ipsilateral projection from the red nucleus to the lateral reticular nucleus in the cat. Anat Embryol 170, 327–330 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00318738

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