Improved learning in microencephalic rats

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-63

  Ueda, Shuichi ^a   Yoshimoto, Kanji ^b   Kadowaki, Taro ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a   Sakakibara, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Microencephaly; Neurogenesis; Serotonin; Water maze

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROCEPHALY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEANING;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77649210897     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2009.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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