IS THERE A CORRELATION BETWEEN HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER DISTRIBUTION AND 2-WAY AVOIDANCE PERFORMANCE IN MICE AND RATS
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 23 (1) , 25-30
Abstract
The distribution of hippocampal mossy fiber terminals, visualized by means of Timm''s Ag2S stain, was determined morphometrically in a selected hippocampal region. Five inbred mouse strains and 2 rat strains were used, all of them characterized by genetically controlled differences in performing a 2-way avoidance task (shuttle-box). Those rat and mouse strains known for low avoidance scores had significantly more mossy fiber terminals synapsing within or below the layer of hippocampal pyramidal neurons.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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