A new coordinate system for rodent brain and variability in the brain weights and dimensions of different ages in the naked mole-rat

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 162-170

  Xiao, Jun ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas; Brain coordinate; Brain landmark variation; Brain origin; Rodent brain; Skull suture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLE RAT; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; STEREOTAXIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICE; MOLE RATS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; SKULL;

EID: 34047178823     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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