Testosterone and social isolation influence adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of male rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 180-190

  Spritzer, M D ^a   Ibler, E ^a   Inglis, W ^a   Curtis, M G ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Androgen; Bromodeoxyuridine; Hippocampus; Social isolation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80053567146     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.034     Document Type: Article

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