Structural organization of the cerebral cortex of the neotropical lizard Tropidurus hispidus

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 343, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-330

  De Carvalho Pimentel, Hugo ^a   Dos Santos, José Ronaldo ^b   Macêdo Lima, Matheus ^a   De Almeida, Fabrício Tavares Cunha ^a   Santos, Márcia Leite ^a   Molowny, Assunción ^c   Ponsoda, Xavier ^c   Lopez Garcia, Carlos ^c   Marchioro, Murilo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Neotropical lizard; Neuronal diversity; Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata, Lacertilia); Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; GOLGI STAIN; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; NEOTROPICS; NEUROANATOMY; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TELENCEPHALON; TROPIDURUS HISPIDUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; NEURONS; TELENCEPHALON;

LACERTILIA; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE; TROPIDURUS HISPIDUS;

EID: 79953900370     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1097-y     Document Type: Article

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