Postnatal development of the hippocampal formation: A stereological study in macaque monkeys

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1051-1070

  Jabegs, Adeline ^a   Lavenex, Pamela Banta ^a   Amaral, David G ^b   Lavenex, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Infantile amnesia; Memory; Neurodevelopmental disorder; Neuron number; Primate

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACACA; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; STRATUM LACUNOSUM MOLECULARE; STRATUM ORIENS; STRATUM PYRAMIDALE; STRATUM RADIATUM; SUBICULUM; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACACA; MALE; NEURONS;

EID: 79951800902     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22549     Document Type: Article

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