On the postnatal development of the striate cortex (V1) in the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 479-490

  Drenhaus, Ulrich ^a   Rager, Günter ^a   Eggli, Peter ^b   Kretz, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D reconstructions; Cortex shifting; Morphometry; Visuotopic topography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY; TUPAIA BELANGERI;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; LATERAL VENTRICLES; NERVE NET; PRIMATES; RETINA; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUPAIA; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746254925     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04916.x     Document Type: Article

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