Effects of postnatal thyroid hormone deficiency on neurogenesis in the juvenile and adult rat

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 366-374

  Zhang, Liqun ^a   Blomgren, Klas ^a   Kuhn, H Georg ^a   Cooper Kuhn, Christi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis related; Dentate gyrus; Neurogenesis; Neurotrophic and growth factors; Olfactory bulb; Postnatal hypothyroidism; Subventricular zone; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; THYROID HORMONE; VASCULOTROPIN A; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 64449084958     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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