Effects of neonatal stimulation on later cognitive function and hippocampal nerve growth factor

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-120

  Pham, Therese M ^a   Söderström, Stine ^b   Henriksson, Bengt G ^a   Mohammed, Abdul H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavior; Glucocorticoids; Handling; Hippocampus; Mild stress; NGF; Rats

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0342711263     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)02252-8     Document Type: Article

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