Different Patterns of Dendritic Branching of Posterior Collicular Neurons in Two Mouse Strains are Associated with a Difference in Audiogenic Seizure Susceptibility

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-143

  Marchand, Marie Josée ^a   Ward, Roger ^a,b   Moreau, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Audiogenic seizures; Golgi preparations; Inbred mice; Posterior colliculus; Quantitative differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; DBA MOUSE; DENDRITE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 1842505129     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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