Quantitative features of the nucleus rotundus in the brain of pre- and post-hatch chicks

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Con, Nurhan ^a   Canbilen, Aydan ^b   Bradley, Philip M ^c   Kaplan, Suleyman ^d  

^a Selçuk University ^*  (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chick; Neuron number; Nucleus rotundus; Optical fractionator; Stereology; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTUND NUCLEUS; STEREOMETRY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AVES;

EID: 0345258477     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devbrainres.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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