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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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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.
The ability of neurons in the central nervous system to grow through a lesion and restore conduction has been analyzed in a… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Reproduction, development and physiology of the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica).
The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) has become a useful marsupial for biomedical research since it breeds… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Activation of estrus by pheromones in a marsupial: stimulus control and endocrine factors.
Little is known about the effects of social factors or about the hormonal control of social factors on reproduction in marsupials… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Separation of sperm pairs and sperm-egg interaction in the opossum, Didelphis virginiana.
Summary. Oocytes, recovered from the oviduct or from ripe follicles, and spermatozoa flushed from the oviduct of opossums mated… 
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…
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Radiation esophagitis in the opossum: radioprotection with indomethacin.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Substance P immunoreactivity in the median eminence of the North American opossum and domestic fowl
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Functional Significance of the Therian Molar Pattern
THE molar morphology of therian mammals has interested zoologists for nearly a century. Its basic functional significance has… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The fine structure of the zona glomerulosa and the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex of the opossum.
The normal fine structure of the zona glomerulosa and the zona fasciculata of the opossum is described, with emphasis on the… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Olfactory-like Responses in Pyriform Area to Non-Olfactory Stimulation *
Considerable doubt continues to exist about the r6le of finely myelinated and unmyelinatedt visceral afferents in the function of… 
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