The growth hormone secretagogue hexarelin increases cell proliferation in neurogenic regions of the mouse hippocampus

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Barlind, Anna ^a   Karlsson, Niklas ^a   Åberg, N David ^a   Björk Eriksson, Thomas ^c   Blomgren, Klas ^a,b   Isgaard, Jörgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cell survival; Granule cell layer; Hexarelin; Hippocampus; Irradiation; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE; HEXARELIN; HISTONE H3; PHOSPHO HISTONE H3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKULL IRRADIATION; STEM CELL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPROTECTION; DENTATE GYRUS; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 74649085975     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: 15322238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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