Developmental plasticity of ascending spinal axons studies using the north american opossum, Didelphis virginiana

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-77

  Terman, Jonathan R ^a   Wang, Xian M ^a   Martin, George F ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasciculus gracilis; Marsupial; Regeneration; Spinobulbar; Spinocerebellar; Spinothalamic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BRAIN; DENERVATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OPOSSUMS; SPINAL CORD; THORAX;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; INVERTEBRATA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0033545235     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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