Exposure to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea in adult mice alters structural and functional integrity of neurogenic sites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Capilla Gonzalez, Vivian ^a   Gil Perotin, Sara ^a,b   Ferragud, Antonio ^c   Bonet Ponce, Luis ^a   Canales, Juan Jose ^c   Garcia Verdugo, Jose Manuel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; ALKYLATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RECRUITMENT; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPOSURE; HABITUATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT STEM CELL; AGE; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL NICHE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; AGE FACTORS; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84855381296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029891     Document Type: Article

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