Stereological estimation of purkinje neuron number in C57BL/6 mice and its relation to associative learning

Neuroscience

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Woodruff Pak, D S ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age Related hearing loss; Cerebellum; Delay eyeblink classical conditioning; Normal aging; Optical fractionator

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PURKINJE CELL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PURKINJE CELLS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33749048119     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.03.070     Document Type: Article

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