Comparison of the behavioral and morphological effects of colchicine- or neutral fluid-induced destruction of granule cells in the dentate gyrus of the rat

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-91

  Schuster, Gertrud ^a   Cassel, Jean Christophe ^a   Will, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031194314     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1997.3775     Document Type: Article

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