Survival of fetal hippocampal CA3 cell grafts in the middle-aged and aged hippocampus: Effect of host age and deafferentation

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 190-199

  Zaman, Vandana ^a   Shetty, Ashok K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Graft cell survival; Graft integration; Kainic acid; Neurodegenerative disorders

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; KAINIC ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEAFFERENTATION; FETUS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0037107971     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10401     Document Type: Article

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