Hippocampal volumes differ across the mouse estrous cycle, can change within 24hours, and associate with cognitive strategies

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 593-598

  Qiu, Lily R ^a   Germann, Jürgen ^a   Spring, Shoshana ^a   Alm, Christina ^a   Vousden, Dulcie A ^a   Palmert, Mark R ^a,b,c   Lerch, Jason P ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881219661     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.074     Document Type: Article

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