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Mouse brain development timeline
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<p>The <a href="/facts/House_mouse/A1fj6LQ2">house mouse</a> (<i>Mus musculus</i>) has a <a href="/facts/Gestation/QKgkykw5">gestation</a> period of 19 to 21 days. Key events in <a href="/facts/Mouse_brain/b251sw7h">mouse</a> <a href="/facts/Brain_development/hSjrUxCn">brain development</a> occur both before and after birth, beginning with peak <a href="/facts/Neurogenesis/XSteTv8s">neurogenesis</a> of the cranial <a href="/facts/Motor_nuclei/p9JeIbJl">motor nuclei</a> 9 days after conception, up to eye opening which occurs after birth and about 30 days after conception. </p>