Lateral asymmetries in the trigeminal ganglion of the male rat

Brain Research

Volumn 865, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-210

  Lagares, Alfonso ^a   Avendaño, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lateralization; Left right asymmetry; Neuron number; Neuron size; Sensory neurons; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STEREOLOGY; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0034717085     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02218-6     Document Type: Article

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