Effects of a constant light environment on hippocampal neurogenesis and memory in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 488, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-44

  Fujioka, Aya ^a   Fujioka, Takashi ^a   Tsuruta, Ryosuke ^a   Izumi, Tomonori ^a   Kasaoka, Shunji ^a   Maekawa, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constant light; Hippocampus; Memory; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 78650514114     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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