Reorganization of locomotor activity during development in the prenatal rat

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 306-317

  Kudo, Norio ^a   Nishimaru, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SEROTONIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0032412618     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09058.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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