A morphological investigation within the anterior cortical nucleus of the amygdala following olfactory bulbectomy

Medical Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 513-515

  Wrynn, A S ^a,b,c   Donohoe, N ^a,b,c   Leonard, B E ^a,b,c  

^a Departments of A Pharmacology   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior cortical nucleus; Bulbectomy; Cell death; Electron microscopy; Model of depression; Olfactory

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032865233     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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