Dendritic architecture of corticothalamic neurons in a rat model of microgyria

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 690-693

  Di Rocco, Federico ^a   Giannetti, Stefano ^a   Gaglini, Pierpaolo ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^a   Granato, Alberto ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran amine; Cortical freezing lessions; Corticothalamic neurons; Dendrites; Epilepsy; Microgyria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROGYRIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036922913     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0682-0     Document Type: Article

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