Hippocampal cell genesis does not correlate with spatial learning ability in aged rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 459, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-207

  Merrill, David A ^a   Karim, Rajiv ^a   Darraq, Michael ^a   Chiba, Andrea A ^a,b   Tuszynski, Mark H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; BrdU; Fischer 344 rats; Memory; Neurobiology; Optical fractionator; Stereology; Water maze

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037471433     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10616     Document Type: Article

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