Quantitative changes of dendrites in rat dentate gyrus and basal nucleus of Meynert after passive avoidance training in the neonatal period

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 21-24

  Vožeh, František ^a   Mysliveček, Jaromír ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Dendritic spines; Hippocampus; Neonatal learning; Passive avoidance; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0343526164     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12306-5     Document Type: Article

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