Sex and strategy use matters for pattern separation, adult neurogenesis, and immediate early gene expression in the hippocampus

Hippocampus

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 87-101

  Yagi, Shunya ^a   Chow, Carmen ^a   Lieblich, Stephanie E ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine; C Fos; Cognition; Dentate gyrus; Zif268

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EGR1 PROTEIN, RAT; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUN PROTEIN, RAT; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84954366208     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22493     Document Type: Article

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