Neonatal exposure to monosodium L-glutamate induces loss of neurons and cytoarchitectural alterations in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons of adult rats

Brain Research

Volumn 952, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-281

  Beas Zárate, Carlos ^a   Pérez Vega, María Isabel ^b   González Burgos, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CA1; Cell death; Dendritic remodeling; Hippocampus; Monosodium glutamate; Spine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0037131060     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03252-3     Document Type: Article

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