Development of corticospinal tract fibers and their plasticity II. Neonatal unilateral cortical damage and subsequent development of the corticospinal tract in mice

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-178

  Uematsu, Junji ^a   Ono, Kyokazu ^a   Yamano, Tsunekazu ^a   Shimada, Morimi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal number; Corticospinal tract; Morphometric study; Neonatal damage; Neural plasticity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CELL COUNT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTROPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030152852     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(95)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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