A rat model of spontaneously arrested hydrocephalus: A behavioural study

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Miyazawa, Takahito ^a,e   Sato, Kiyoshi ^a   Ikeda, Yugo ^b   Nakamura, Nagatomo ^c   Matsumoto, Kiyohiko ^d  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ZERIA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Matsumoto Clinic   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrested hydrocephalus; HTX rat; Learning test; Y maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; REVERSAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030994250     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050067     Document Type: Article

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