Postnatal development of mouse 'whisker' thalamus: Ventroposterior medial nucleus (VPM), barreloids, and their thalamocortical relay neurons

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 307-322

  Zantua, Judith B ^a   Wasserstrom, Scott P ^a   Arends, Josephus J A ^a   Jacquin, Mark F ^a   Woolsey, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8057 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel; Barreloid; Confocal microscopy; Dendrite; Vibrissa; Whisker

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENDRITE; MICROSCOPE; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0030497673     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990229609052585     Document Type: Article

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