A new approach to location of the dentate gyrus and perforant path in rats/mice by landmarks on the skull

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-472

  Huang, Yan ^a   Yang, Sheng ^a   Hu, Zeng Yao ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Zhou, Wen Xia ^a   Zhang, Yong Xiang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Landmarks on the skull; Perforant path; Relative location

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRODE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT RAT STRAIN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; RAT; SKULL; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; SKULL;

EID: 84874512324     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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