Comparison of neuronal density and subfield sizes in the hippocampus of CD95L-deficient (gld), CD95-deficient (lpr) and nondeficient mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 159-163

  Kovac, Adam D ^a   Grammig, Jo ^b,c   Mahlo, Jacqueline ^a   Steiner, Barbara ^a   Roth, Karl ^a   Nitsch, Robert ^a   Bechmann, Ingo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain; Development; Fas; FasL

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RANK SUM TEST; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS;

EID: 0036457101     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02060.x     Document Type: Article

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