Sex-dependent differences in behavior and hippocampal neurogenesis after irradiation to the young mouse brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2763-2772

  Roughton, Karolina ^a   Kalm, Marie ^a   Blomgren, Klas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine; Dentate gyrus; Doublecortin; IntelliCage; Open field; Phosphohistone H3

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYCLINE; DOUBLECORTIN; HISTONE H3; SERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION DOSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGENESIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84866377847     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08197.x     Document Type: Article

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