No loss of hippocampal hilar somatostatinergic neurons after repeated electroconvulsive shock: A combined stereological and in situ hybridization study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-60

  Dalby, Nils Ole ^a,c   Tønder, Niels ^a   Wolby, David P D ^b   West, Mark ^a   Finsen, Bente ^d   Bolwig, Tom G ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Electroshock; In situ hybridization; Neuronal loss; Seizure; Somatostatin; Stereology

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029891205     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00355-X     Document Type: Article

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