Postnatal decrease in transforming growth factor α is associated with enlarged ventricles, deficient amygdaloid vasculature and performance deficits

Neuroscience

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 825-836

  Burrows, R C ^a   Levitt, P ^b   Shors, T J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Behavior; CNS; Development; Growth factor; Morphology

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 0034113373     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00558-8     Document Type: Article

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