Morphological development of afferent segregation and onset of synaptic transmission in the trigeminothalamic pathway of the wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-60

  Leamey, Cathy A ^a,b,c   Ho, Stephen M ^a   Marotte, Lauren R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrels; Marsupials; Somatosensory; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CARBOCYANINE; DYE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0032517156     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980914)399:1<47::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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