Nerve growth factor (NGF) immunoreactive neurons in the juvenile rat hippocampus: Response to acute and long-term high-light open-field (HL-OF) or forced swim (FS) stress stimulation

Neuroscience

Volumn 199, Issue , 2011, Pages 491-500

  Badowska Szalewska, E ^a   Spodnik, E ^a   Ludkiewicz, B ^a   Klejbor, I ^a   Morys J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Juvenile; NGF; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GRANULE CELL; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 83055180591     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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