Thalamocortical maturation in mice is influenced by body weight

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 511, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-420

  Hoerder Suabedissen, Anna ^a   Paulsen, Ole ^a   Molnár, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Cytoarchitecture; Development; Rodent; Ventrobasal nucleus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; INNERVATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 58149143176     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21853     Document Type: Article

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