The effect of spatial learning on the number of astrocytes in the CA3 subfield of the rat hippocampus

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 388-391

  Jahanshahi, Mehrdad ^a   Sadeghi, Y ^c   Hosseini, A ^c   Naghdi, N ^d   Marjani, A ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Biochemistry ^*

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; CA3 subfield; Hippocampus; Morris water maze technique; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; STAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 44149098257     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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