Allopregnanolone and neurogenesis in the nigrostriatal tract

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Jun Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Motor performance; Neural circuits; Neurogenesis; Nigrostriatal; Substantia nigra; Tyrosine hydoxylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905973423     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00224     Document Type: Review

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