Development of the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system in platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-27

  Ashwell, Ken W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Limb; Lumbosacral plexus; Monotremes; Motor pathways; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ECHIDNA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLATYPUS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ECHIDNA; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLATYPUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84859724048     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2012.662185     Document Type: Article

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