Reproductive status influences the survival of new cells in the dentate gyrus of adult male meadow voles

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 346, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 25-28

  Ormerod, B K ^a   Galea, L A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Bromodeoxyuridine; Cell proliferation; Cell survival; Dentate gyrus; Estradiol; Granule neurons; Testosterone; 3H Thymidine

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPERIENCE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTIS WEIGHT; VOLE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037707642     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00546-9     Document Type: Article

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