Tactile stimulation and maternal separation prevent hippocampal damage in rats submitted to neonatal hypoxia-ischemia

Brain Research

Volumn 1002, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 94-99

  Rodrigues, Analú L ^a   Arteni, Nice S ^a   Abel, Cristiano ^a   Zylbersztejn, Daniel ^a   Chazan, Rodrigo ^a   Viola, Giordano ^a   Xavier, Leder ^a   Achaval, Matilde ^a   Netto, Carlos Alexandre ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Eurípedes Monteiro Duarte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Neonatal handling; Neonatal hypoxia ischemia; Neuroprotection; Stereology; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 1342343009     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.12.020     Document Type: Article

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