A critical period for reduced brain vulnerability to developmental injury. II. Volumetric study of the neocortex and thalamus in cats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-337

  Schmanke, Troy D ^a   Villablanca, Jaime R ^a,b   Lekht, Vladimir ^a   Patel, Hetul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Developmental injury of brain; Neocortex; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CAT; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GLIA CELL; HEMISPHERECTOMY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CATS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEOCORTEX; THALAMUS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032502050     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00188-0     Document Type: Article

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