title: Somatosensory development. A new level of refinement.
abstract: Gene 'knockout' mice lacking a critical NMDA-receptor subunit have a brief life span, but have already resolved some long-standing controversies about the development of the rodent somatosensory system.
authors: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors: L C
authors: LC
authors: Katz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009420:Nervous System / Q000254:growth & development*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000254:growth & development; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion / Q000254:growth & development; D014278:Trigeminal Nuclei / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate