Effects of postnatal hyperoxia exposure on the rat dentate gyrus and subventricular zone

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 229-247

  Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Zaramella, Patrizia ^a   Sarasin, Gloria ^a   Grisafi, Davide ^a   Dedja, Arben ^a   Chiandetti, Lino ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dentate gyrus; Hyperoxia; Neurogenesis; Optical disector; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; KI-67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HYPEROXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; STEREOLOGY; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HYPEROXIA; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84920578474     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0650-3     Document Type: Article

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