Purkinje cell loss accompanies motor impairment in rats developing at altered gravity

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2037-2040

  Sajdel Sulkowska, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Nguon, Kosal ^a   Sulkowski, Zachary L ^b   Rosen, Glenn D ^c   Baxter, Mark G ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b William and Mary   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Development; Hypergravity; Motor behavior; Purkinje cells; Rotorod

Indexed keywords

PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GRAVITY, ALTERED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 28844504311     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200512190-00014     Document Type: Article

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