Maternal licking influences dendritic development of motoneurons in a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system

Brain Research

Volumn 1092, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-99

  Lenz, Kathryn M ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Development; Maternal care; Maternal licking grooming; Morphology; Motoneuron

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLERA TOXIN; COPULATION; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GROOMING; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTOR NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD; TOUCH; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 33745177280     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.070     Document Type: Article

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