New insights into the relationship of neurogenesis and affect: Tickling induces hippocampal cell proliferation in rats emitting appetitive 50-khz ultrasonic vocalizations

Neuroscience

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1024-1030

  Wohr M ^a   Kehl, M ^a   Borta, A ^a   Schanzer A ^b,c   Schwarting, R K W ^a   Hoglinger G U ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Individuality; Neurogenesis; Tickling; Ultrasonic vocalization; USV

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYCLINE;

AFFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TICKLING; TOUCH; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DENTATE GYRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL NICHE; STIMULATION; WISTAR RAT;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROGENESIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEM CELL NICHE; TOUCH; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 76249116316     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.07.043     Document Type: Article

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