Differences in amygdala cell proliferation between adolescent and young adult rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 517-528

  Saul, Michele L ^a   Helmreich, Dana L ^a   Callahan, Linda M ^a   Fudge, Julie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromo deoxyuridine; Confocal microscopy; Differentiation; Doublecortin; Progenitor; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

DOUBLECORTIN;

AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROMO-DEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; PROGENITOR; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEREOLOGY;

BROMO-DEOXYURIDINE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIATION; DOUBLECORTIN; PROGENITOR; STEREOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84897663660     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21115     Document Type: Article

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