Effects of corticosterone treatment and rehabilitation on the hippocampal formation of neonatal and adult rats. An unbiased stereological study

Brain Research

Volumn 794, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-210

  Sousa, Nuno ^a   Madeira, Maria Dulce ^a   Paula Barbosa, Manuel M ^a  

^a Porto School of Nursing   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Hippocampal formation; Neuronal degeneration; Neuronal reorganization; Stereology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL LOSS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032102170     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00218-2     Document Type: Article

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