Reduced number of neurons in the hippocampus and the cerebellum in the postnatal guinea-pig following intrauterine growth-restriction

Neuroscience

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 327-333

  Mallard, C ^a   Loeliger, M ^a   Copolov, D ^b   Rees, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain development; Hypoxia; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RISK FACTOR; STEREOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE ARTERY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PURKINJE CELLS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0034648740     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00271-2     Document Type: Article

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