Gender effect on Purkinje cell loss in the cerebellum of the heterozygous Reeler mouse

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-58

  Hadj Sahraoui, N ^a   Frederic F ^a   Delhaye Bouchaud, N ^a   Mariani, J ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Post natal aging; Specific brain cell counts

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PURKINJE CELL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; PURKINJE CELLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030307570     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677069609107062     Document Type: Article

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