Effects of dark-rearing on the vascularization of the developmental rat visual cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 732, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-51

  Argandona E G ^a   Lafuente, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

butyryl cholinesterase; development; histochemistry; microvascularization; striate cortex

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIATE CORTEX; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0030565575     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00485-4     Document Type: Article

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