Early development and developmental plasticity of the fasciculus gracilis in the North American opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-163

  Wang, X M ^a   Qin, Y Q ^a   Terman, J R ^a   Martin, G F ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

marsupial; neuroembryology; regeneration; sensory system; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRACILE NUCLEUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OPOSSUMS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031579431     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00167-8     Document Type: Article

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