Production of new cells in the rat dentate gyrus over the lifespan: Relation to cognitive decline

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 215-219

  Bizon, Jennifer L ^a   Gallagher, M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; BrdU; Hippocampus; Memory; Neurogenesis; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0042668324     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02733.x     Document Type: Article

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