The effects of maternal deprivation on the hippocampal structure in adult rats

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-362

  Karakaş, Pinar ^a   Bozkir, Memduha ^a   Dere, Fahri ^a   Melik, Enver ^b   Melik, Emine ^b   Kaya, Mehmet ^b   Polat, Sait ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEANING;

EID: 67650626384     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100007113     Document Type: Article

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