Expression of neurotrophin-3 mRNA in the rat visual cortex and hippocampus is influenced by environmental conditions

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Torasdotter, Marita ^a   Metsis, Madis ^b   Henriksson, Bengt G ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Mohammed, Abdul H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental complexity; Hippocampus; In situ hybridization; Learning; Neurotrophin 3; Plasticity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030296272     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13127-X     Document Type: Article

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