Increased behavioral and histological variability arising from changes in cerebrovascular anatomy of the Mongolian gerbil

Current Neurovascular Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 401-407

  Laidley, David T ^a   Colbourne, Frederick ^b   Corbett, Dale ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; CA1; Circle of Willis; Forebrain ischemia; Gerbil

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GERBIL; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERBILLINAE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29044437967     PISSN: 15672026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720205774962719     Document Type: Article

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