The chick optic tectum developmental stages. A dynamic table based on temporal- and spatial-dependent histogenetic changes: A structural, morphometric and immunocytochemical analysis

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 675-697

  Rapacioli, Melina ^a   Celín, Alejandra Rodríguez ^a   Duarte, Santiago ^b   Ortalli, Ana Laura ^b   Di Napoli, Jennifer ^b   Teruel, Luisa ^b   Sánchez, Viviana ^b   Scicolone, Gabriel ^b   Flores, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Corticogenesis; Developmental axis; Developmental stages; Spatio temporal organisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 79955650793     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10943     Document Type: Article

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