Effect of cerebellar granule cell depletion on spatial learning and memory and in an avoidance conditioning task: Studies in postnatally X-irradiated rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-28

  Le Marec, N ^a   Dahhaoui, M ^a   Stelz, T ^a   Bakalian, A ^b   Delhaye Bouchaud, N ^b   Caston, J ^a   Mariani, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

cerebellum; granule cell; irradiation; learning; memory; rat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MEMORY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031051738     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00197-6     Document Type: Article

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