Imaging activation of adult-generated granule cells in spatial memory

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3033-3044

  Frankland, Paul W ^a,b   Kee, Nohjin ^a,b,c   Teixeira, Catia M ^a,b,c   Wang, Afra H ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; NEURONS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39149136525     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.415     Document Type: Article

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