Workflow and Atlas system for Brain-Wide mapping of axonal connectivity in rat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Zakiewicz, Izabela M ^a   van Dongen, Yvette C ^a   Leergaard, Trygve B ^a   Bjaalie, Jan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; RAT; STEREOTAXIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIBRISSA; WORKFLOW; ANIMAL; BOOK;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ATLASES AS TOPIC; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; RATS;

EID: 79960962993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022669     Document Type: Article

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