Seizure induced dentate neurogenesis does not diminish with age in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-238

  Gray, W P ^a   May, K ^a   Sundstrom L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Dentate gyrus; Neurogenesis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 0037183723     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00810-8     Document Type: Article

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