Ultrastructural synaptic correlates of spatial learning in rat hippocampus

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-77

  Rusakov, D A ^a   Davies, H A ^a   Harrison, E ^a   Diana, G ^b,c   Richter Levin, G ^b,d   Bliss, T V P ^b   Stewart, M G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

CA1; Dentate gyrus; Disector; Rat; Synapses; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; TRAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030873974     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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