Differential neurogenesis in the adult rat dentate gyrus: An identifiable zone that consistently lacks neurogenesis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1023-1029

  Melvin, Neal R ^a   Spanswick, Simon C ^a   Lehmann, Hugo ^a   Sutherland, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Doublecortin; Environmental enrichment; Proliferation; Stem cell; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER; DOUBLECORTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORGANOGENESIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33847233671     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05363.x     Document Type: Article

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