Lactation is a natural model of hippocampus neuroprotection against excitotoxicity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 461, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-139

  Cabrera, Verónica ^a   Cantú, Daniel ^a   Ramos, Eugenia ^a   Vanoye Carlo, América ^a   Cerbón, Marco ^a   Morales, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Fluoro Jade C; Hippocampus; Kainic acid; Lactation; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KAINIC ACID; LACTATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649664243     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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