Postnatal neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus and subventricular zone of the Göttingen minipig

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 169-179

  Guidi, Sandra ^a   Bianchi, Patrizia ^a   Alstrup, Aage K Olsen ^b   Henningsen, Kim ^b   Smith, Donald F ^b   Bartesaghi, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BrdU; Germinal niches; Granule cells; Neurogenesis; Porcine brain; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CELL MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE HILUS; GRANULE CELL; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MINIPIG; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN MAPPING; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENTATE GYRUS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; NEUROGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; STEM CELL NICHE; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 79957849578     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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