Neonatal whisker clipping alters behavior, neuronal structure and neural activity in adult rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-133

  Chu, Yu Fei ^a,b   Yen, Chen Tung ^a   Lee, Li Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; C Fos; Dendrites; Exploration; Layer specificity; Sensory deprivation; Tactile

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STELLATE CELL; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DENDRITES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84868678506     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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