Neonatal transection of the corpus callosum affects paw preference lateralization of adult Swiss mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Manhães, Alex C ^a   Krahe, Thomas E ^b   Caparelli Dáquer, Egas ^a   Ribeiro Carvalho, Anderson ^c   Schmidt, Sergio L ^a   Filgueiras, Cláudio C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Faculdades Integradas Fund E   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetries; Callosotomy; Corpus callosum; Laterality; Mice; Paw preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM TRANSSECTION; EVALUATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0042197149     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00746-8     Document Type: Article

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