Morphology and growth patterns of developing thalamocortical axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3650-3662

  Skaliora, Irini ^a   Adams, Richard ^a   Blakemore, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Development; Growth cones; In vitro; Pathfinding; Thalamocortical; Time lapse confocal imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0034658297     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03650.2000     Document Type: Article

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