Age-Related Changes in Rat Hippocampal Theta Rhythms: A Difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Theta

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 543-548

  Abe, Yasuyuki ^a   Toyosawa, Keiichiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; Rat; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; THETA RHYTHM; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0033124284     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.543     Document Type: Article

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