Sex differences in cell genesis, hippocampal volume and behavioral outcomes in a rat model of neonatal HI

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 275, Issue , 2016, Pages 285-295

  Waddell, Jaylyn ^a   Hanscom, Marie ^a   Shalon Edwards, N ^a   McKenna, Mary C ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hippocampus; Hypoxia ischemia; Neonatal; Neurogenesis; Rat; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NEGATIVE GEOTAXIS TASK; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOLOGY; VISUAL MEMORY; WIRE SUSPENSION TASK; ANIMAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REFLEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGENESIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFLEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84952682681     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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