Sex difference in the development of axon number in the splenium of the rat corpus callosum from postnatal day 15 through 60

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Kim, Jan H Y ^a   Juraska, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon withdrawal; Horseradish peroxidase; Ultrastructure; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030921811     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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