Spatial memory decline after masticatory deprivation and aging is associated with altered laminar distribution of CA1 astrocytes

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Frota de Almeida, Marina N ^a   de Siqueira Mendes, Fabíola D C C ^a   Gurgel Felício, André P ^a   Falsoni, Manoela ^a   Ferreira de Andrade, Márcia L ^a   Bento Torres, João ^a   da Costa Vasconcelos, Pedro F ^b   Perry, Victor H ^c   Picanço Diniz, Cristovam W ^a   Kronka Sosthenes, Marcia C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LAMINA PROPRIA; LAMINAR FLOW; LONG TERM CARE; MASTICATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL MEMORY; STEREOLOGY; STRATUM LACUNOSUM MOLECULARE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MAZE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; MASTICATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE;

EID: 84861192521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-13-23     Document Type: Article

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