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Didelphidae
Known as:
American opossums
, Opossum
, Opossums
New World marsupials of the family Didelphidae. Opossums are omnivorous, largely nocturnal and arboreal MAMMALS, grow to about three feet in length…
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Didelphis
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Superorder Marsupalia (organism)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Restoration of conduction and growth of axons through injured spinal cord of neonatal opossum in culture.
J. Mark Treherne
,
S. K. Woodward
,
Z. Varga
,
J. Ritchie
,
J. Nicholls
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1992
Corpus ID: 2111663
The ability of neurons in the central nervous system to grow through a lesion and restore conduction has been analyzed in a…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Reproduction, development and physiology of the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica).
Kraus Db
,
Fadem Bh
1987
Corpus ID: 83176685
The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) has become a useful marsupial for biomedical research since it breeds…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Activation of estrus by pheromones in a marsupial: stimulus control and endocrine factors.
B. Fadem
Biology of Reproduction
1987
Corpus ID: 8476772
Little is known about the effects of social factors or about the hormonal control of social factors on reproduction in marsupials…
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Separation of sperm pairs and sperm-egg interaction in the opossum, Didelphis virginiana.
J. Rodger
,
J. Bedford
Journal of Reproduction and Fertility
1982
Corpus ID: 35220482
Summary. Oocytes, recovered from the oviduct or from ripe follicles, and spermatozoa flushed from the oviduct of opossums mated…
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Evidence for collateral innervation of the cervical and lumbar enlargements of the spinal cord by single reticular and raphe neurons. Studies using fluorescent markers in double-labeling experiments…
G. Martin
,
T. Cabana
,
A. Humbertson
Neuroscience Letters
1981
Corpus ID: 22025813
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Radiation esophagitis in the opossum: radioprotection with indomethacin.
M. G. Northway
,
H. Libshitz
,
+4 authors
I. Szwarc
Gastroenterology
1980
Corpus ID: 42002220
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Substance P immunoreactivity in the median eminence of the North American opossum and domestic fowl
R. Ho
,
L. Depalatis
Brain Research
1980
Corpus ID: 33669039
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Functional Significance of the Therian Molar Pattern
A. Crompton
,
A. Sita-Lumsden
Nature
1970
Corpus ID: 4156638
THE molar morphology of therian mammals has interested zoologists for nearly a century. Its basic functional significance has…
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Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The fine structure of the zona glomerulosa and the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex of the opossum.
John A. Long
,
Albert L. Jones
American Journal of Anatomy
1967
Corpus ID: 32516411
The normal fine structure of the zona glomerulosa and the zona fasciculata of the opossum is described, with emphasis on the…
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Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Olfactory-like Responses in Pyriform Area to Non-Olfactory Stimulation *
P. Maclean
,
N. Horwitz
,
F. Robinson
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
1952
Corpus ID: 15954804
Considerable doubt continues to exist about the r6le of finely myelinated and unmyelinatedt visceral afferents in the function of…
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