A critical maturational period of reduced brain vulnerability to developmental injury. I. Behavioral studies in cats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-324

  Villablanca, Jaime R ^a   Carlson Kuhta, Patricia ^a   Schmanke, Troy D ^a   Hovda, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at lesion; Atrophy and neuron loss; Functional recovery; Hemispherectomy; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CAT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORTICATION; HEMISPHERECTOMY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032502047     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00187-9     Document Type: Article

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