Differential vulnerability of the subiculum and entorhinal cortex of the adult rat to prolonged protein deprivation

Hippocampus

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-47

  Andrade, José P ^a   Madeira, Maria D ^a   Paula Barbosa, Manuel M ^a  

^a Porto School of Nursing   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dendritic tree; Hippocampal formation; Malnutrition; Neuronal degeneration; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GRANULE CELL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STELLATE CELL; SUBICULUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031910333     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1998)8:1<33::AID-HIPO4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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