Retrosplenial granular b cortex in normal and epileptic rats: A stereological study

Brain Research

Volumn 1218, Issue , 2008, Pages 206-214

  Cardoso, Armando ^a   Madeira, M Dulce ^a   Paula Barbosa, Manuel M ^a   Lukoyanov, Nikolai V ^a  

^a Porto Medical School   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electroshock; Neuronal loss; Pilocarpine; Retrosplenial cortex; Status epilepticus; Stereology

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPTIC STATE; LIMBIC CORTEX; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROSPLENIAL GRANULAR B CORTEX; SEIZURE; STEREOLOGY; STEREOMETRY; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEURONS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 46349086691     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.04.074     Document Type: Article

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