Early-life environmental intervention may increase the number of neurons, astrocytes, and cellular proliferation in the hippocampus of rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-172

  Winkelmann Duarte, Elisa C ^a,c   Padilha Hoffmann, Camila B ^c   Martins, Daniel F ^a,b   Schuh, Artur F S ^c   Fernandes, Marilda C ^d   Santin, Ricardo ^d   Merlo, Suelen ^d   Sanvitto, Gilberto L ^c   Lucion, Aldo B ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astroglial cells; Density of neurons; Hippocampus; Neonatal handling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVENTION STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 82655181785     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2881-y     Document Type: Article

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