The effects of raphe grafts on hippocampal electrophysiology in aged rats

Brain Research

Volumn 719, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 234-238

  Levkovitz, Y ^a   Greenberger, V ^a   Segal, M ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; Perforant path; Raphe transplant; Rat

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT;

EID: 0029906294     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00137-0     Document Type: Article

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