Hippocampal granule neuron production and population size are regulated by levels of bFGF

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-12

  Cheng, Yinghong ^a   Black, Ira B ^a   DiCicco Bloom, Emanuel ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bFGF; bFGF deletion mutants; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Neuron production; Neuronal precursors; Neuronogenesis; Newborn rats; Proliferation; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEM CELL;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIMETABOLITES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0036460609     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01832.x     Document Type: Article

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