Novel two-dimensional morphometric maps and quantitative analysis reveal marked growth and structural recovery of the rat hippocampal regions from early hypothyroid retardation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 541-555

  Farahvar, Arash ^a   Meisami, Esmail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain rehabilitation; Early brain retardation; Experimental cretinism; Hippocampal growth and development; Hippocampal morphometry; Hippocampal plasticity; Hippocampus maps; Neurologic recovery; Postnatal hypothyroidism; Propylthiouracil (PTU)

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DENTATE GYRUS; FOREBRAIN; GROWTH RETARDATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VOLUMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 33947689688     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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