Lithium reduced neural progenitor apoptosis in the hippocampus and ameliorated functional deficits after irradiation to the immature mouse brain

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 32-42

  Huo, Kaiming ^a,b   Sun, Yanyan ^a,b   Li, Hongfu ^a,b   Du, Xiaonan ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoyang ^a,b   Karlsson, Niklas ^d   Zhu, Changlian ^a,b   Blomgren, Klas ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Behavior; Hippocampus; Irradiation; Lithium; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CASPASE 3; HISTONE H3; LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SUBGRANULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84864823875     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: 10959327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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