The hippocampus of the eastern rock sengi: Cytoarchitecture, markers of neuronal function, principal cell numbers, and adult neurogenesis

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Slomianka, Lutz ^a   Drenth, Tanja ^a   Cavegn, Nicole ^a   Menges, Dominik ^a   Lazic, Stanley E ^b   Phalanndwa, Mashudu ^c,d   Chimimba, Christian T ^c   Amrein, Irmgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calcium binding proteins; Comparative neuroanatomy; Correspondence analysis; Dentate gyrus; Macroscelididae; Neuronal differentiation; Proliferation; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELEPHANT SHREW; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RODENT; STRATUM LACUNOSUM MOLECULARE; SUBICULUM;

EID: 84888359598     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00034     Document Type: Article

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