Adult neurogenesis and its anatomical context in the hippocampus of three mole-rat species

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Amrein, Irmgard ^a   Becker, Anton S ^a   Engler, Stefanie ^a   Huang, Shih Hui ^a   Müller, Julian ^a   Slomianka, Lutz ^a   Oosthuizen, Maria K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Calcium binding proteins; Cape mole rat; Comparative neuroanatomy; Highveld mole rat; Naked mole rat; Neurogenesis; Stereology

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PARVALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HETEROCEPHALUS; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOLE RAT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRATUM LACUNOSUM MOLECULARE; STRATUM ORIENS; STRATUM RADIATUM;

EID: 84901271821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00039     Document Type: Article

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