Aging impairs axonal sprouting response of dentate granule cells following target loss and partial deafferentation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 414, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 238-254

  Shetty, Ashok K ^a,b   Turner, Dennis A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CA3 pyramidal cells; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampal lesions; Kainic acid; Mossy fibers

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SIZE; DENERVATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0032858724     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991115)414:2<238::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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