The growth of the feline brain from late fetal into adult life. I. A morphometric study of the neocortex and white matter

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-20

  Villablanca, Jaime R ^a   Schmanke, Troy D ^b   Lekht, Vladimir ^a   Crutcher, Harmony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline brain; Growth; Morphometric study; Neocortex; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBERS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0034734131     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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