Strain differences in neurogenesis and activation of new neurons in the dentate gyrus in response to spatial learning

Neuroscience

Volumn 172, Issue , 2011, Pages 342-354

  Epp, J R ^a   Scott, N A ^a   Galea, L A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BrdU; Cell survival; Doublecortin; Morris water task; Zif268

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 78650719644     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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