Neurogenesis of the cholinergic medial septum in female and male C57BL/6J mice

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 294-303

  Schaevitz, Laura R ^a,b   Berger Sweeney, Joanne ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Medial septal area; Neuronal survival; Sexual dimorphism; Unbiased stereology

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 27744556554     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20188     Document Type: Article

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