Chemotherapy disrupts learning, neurogenesis and theta activity in the adult brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3521-3530

  Nokia, Miriam S ^a   Anderson, Megan L ^b   Shors, Tracey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Memory; Neurogenesis; Rat; Theta

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THETA RHYTHM;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DACARBAZINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84870555792     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12007     Document Type: Article

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