Hippocampal asymmetry: Differences in structures and functions

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-460

  Hou, Gonglin ^a   Yang, Xiangsi ^a   Yuan, Ti Fei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Brain asymmetry; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMPHIBIA; BIRD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; DENTATE HILUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FISH; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAMMAL; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REPTILE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROGENESIS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEX FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876410660     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0954-3     Document Type: Review

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