Protective effects of fetal neocortical transplants on cognitive function and neuron size in rats with congenital micrencephaly

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-156

  Lee, Moon H ^a   Rabe, Ausma ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavioral improvement; Methylazoxymethanol; Micrencephaly; Neuron count; Neuron size; Spatial navigation; Transplantation; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROCEPHALY; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 0031938271     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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