Timecourse of development of the wallaby trigeminal pathway. II. Brainstem to thalamus and the emergence of cellular aggregations

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 494-514

  Leamey, C A ^a,b   Marotte, L R ^b   Waite, P M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

barrels; cell death; marsupials; somatosensory; vibrissa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0029671409     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960115)364:3<494::aid-cne8>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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