Neuroprotective effects of lactation against kainic acid treatment in the dorsal hippocampus of the rat

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-123

  Vanoye Carlo, América ^a   Morales, Teresa ^a   Ramos, Eugenia ^a   Mendoza Rodríguez, Adriana ^a   Cerbón, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Excitotoxicity; Hippocampus; Kainic acid; Lactation; Necrosis; Neuronal death

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 37448999687     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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