Mechanical impacts to the skulls of rats produce specific deficits in maze performance and weight loss: Evidence for apoptosis of cortical neurons and implications for clinical neuropsychology

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 97, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1115-1127

  Lado, W E ^a   Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDITIONING; DISEASE MODEL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; MAZE TEST; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 4143055903     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.3f.1115     Document Type: Article

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