Thalamocortical and intracortical projections to the forelimb-stump SI representation of rats that sustained neonatal forelimb removal

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 401, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-204

  Stojic, Andrey S ^a   Lane, Richard D ^a   Killackey, Herbert P ^b   Qadri, Babar A ^a   Rhoades, Robert W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran amine; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin; Rodent; Somatosensory and ventroposterior lateral nucleus

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL LABELING; FORELIMB; LATENT PERIOD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

AMIDINES; AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOTIN; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DENERVATION; DEXTRANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORELIMB; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032538899     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981116)401:2<187::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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