Neural development in metatherian and eutherian mammals: Variation and constraint

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-368

  Darlington, R B ^a   Dunlop, S A ^b   Finlay, B L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupial mammal; Maturational timetables; Neurogenesis; Neuronal connectivity; Placental mammal

Indexed keywords

MARSUPIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032775214     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990830)411:3<359::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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