A comparison of the effects of days 1 and 10 unilateral lesions of medial prefrontal cortex on cerebral morphogenesis and behavior

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Sherren, Nicole ^a   Kolb, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendritic organization; Development; Early brain injury; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; GOLGI STAIN; HEMISPHERE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENDRITES; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955057474     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.04.053     Document Type: Article

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