Differential expression of acetylcholinesterase in the brainstem, ventrobasal thalamus and primary somatosensory cortex of perinatal rats, mice, and hamsters

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-279

  Bennett Clarke, Carol A ^a   Chiaia, Nicolas L ^a   Rhoades, Robert W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Barrels; Development; Histochemistry; Infraorbital nerve; Thalamocortical afferents; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; HAMSTER; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033405124     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229970339     Document Type: Article

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