Stereological analysis of the reorganization of the dentate gyrus following entorhinal cortex lesion in mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1731-1740

  Phinney, A L ^a,b   Calhoun, M E ^a,c   Woods, A G ^d   Deller, T ^e   Jucker, M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Hippocampus; Neurodegeneration; Plasticity; Sprouting; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALRETININ;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 1842633523     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03280.x     Document Type: Article

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