Effects of preweaning sensorimotor stimulation on behavioral and neuronal development in motor and visual cortex of the rat

Neonatology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 399-404

  Pascual, Rodrigo ^a   Figueroa, Héctor ^a   Haider, Zia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL MAULE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cortical field; Cytodifferentiation; Epigenetic cues; Motor cortex; Neuronal plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULATION; SUCKLING; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029901232     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000244337     Document Type: Article

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