Brain weight differences associated with induced focal microgyria

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Peiffer, Ann M ^a   Fitch, Roslyn Holly ^a   Thomas, Jennifer J ^b   Yurkovic, Alexandra N ^c,d   Rosen, Glenn D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FREEZING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 2642518941     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-4-12     Document Type: Article

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