Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the cerebral cortex of the Australian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). I. Areal organization

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 475, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-517

  Hassiotis, Maria ^a   Paxinos, George ^a   Ashwell, Ken W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory; Monotreme; Neurofilament protein; Parvalbumin; Somatosensory; Visual

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALBINDIN; MYELIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELIN SHEATH; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ECHIDNA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 3042853091     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20193     Document Type: Article

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