Postnatal development of the basolateral complex of rabbit amygdala: A stereological and histochemical study

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 513-521

  Jagalska Majewska, H ^a   Wójcik, Sławomir ^a   Dziewiatkowski J ^a   Luczynska A ^a   Kurlapska, R ^a   Morys J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Amygdala; Basolateral complex; Development; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; STEREOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RABBITS; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0344876077     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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