Brain growth of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa) from 2 to 24 weeks of age: A longitudinal MRI study

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-298

  Conrad, Matthew S ^a   Dilger, Ryan N ^a   Johnson, Rodney W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neonatology; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DOMESTIC PIG; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84867990175     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339311     Document Type: Article

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