Comparisons of the densities of NADPHd reactive and nNOS immunopositive neurons in the hippocampus of three age groups of young nonhandled and handled rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-243

  Veenman, C Leo ^a   Lehmann, Julia ^a   Stöhr, Thomas ^a   Totterdell, Susan ^b   Yee, Benjamin ^c   Mura, Anna ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ammon's horn; Dentate gyrus; Development; Nitric oxide; Postnatal stimulation; Transmitter location

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT INHIBITION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACTILE STIMULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DENTATE GYRUS; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0033553379     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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