Neuron number in the parahippocampal region is preserved in aged rats with spatial learning deficits

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1171-1179

  Rapp, Peter R ^a   Deroche, Perika S ^a   Mao, Ying ^a   Burwell, Rebecca D ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STEREOMETRY; SUBICULUM;

EID: 0036839248     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/12.11.1171     Document Type: Article

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