Exposure to extremely low-frequency (50Hz) electromagnetic fields enhances adult hippocampal neurogenesis in C57BL/6 mice

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-182

  Cuccurazzu, Bruna ^a,b   Leone, Lucia ^a   Podda, Maria Vittoria ^a   Piacentini, Roberto ^a   Riccardi, Elisa ^a   Ripoli, Cristian ^a   Azzena, Gian Battista ^a   Grassi, Claudio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cav1 channels; Dentate gyrus; Electromagnetic field; Long term potentiation; Neural stem cells; NeuroD; Neurogenesis; Neuronal differentiation; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DOUBLECORTIN; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN NEUROD2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2 ALPHA1C SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; ANTIMETABOLITE; CACNA1C PROTEIN, MOUSE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; NEUROGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77957806490     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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