The growth of the feline brain from fetal into adult life. II. A morphometric study of subcortical nuclei

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-33

  Villablanca, Jaime R ^a   Schmanke, Troy D ^b   Crutcher, Harmony A ^a   Sung, Angie C ^a   Tavabi, Kambiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline brain; Growth; Morphometric study; Subcortical nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RED NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034734136     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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