Hippocampal Neurogenesis Levels Predict WATERMAZE Search Strategies in the Aging Brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gil Mohapel, Joana ^a   Brocardo, Patricia S ^a   Choquette, Will ^a   Gothard, Russ ^a   Simpson, Jessica M ^a   Christie, Brian R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPATIAL LEARNING;

AGING; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84884525956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075125     Document Type: Article

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