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Stereological analysis of regional brain volumes and neuron numbers in rats displaying a spontaneous hydrocephalic condition.
Experimental neurology - 1 Mar 2001
Tinsley C J, Bennett G W, Mayhew T M, Parker T L
Abstract excerpt
Stereological methods were employed to investigate a novel spontaneously occurring brain mutation in an inbred colony of Wistar rats. These mutants displayed changes (enlarged cerebral ventricles and malformed hippocampi) similar to those seen in H-Tx hydrocephalic rats. Mutant and control rats were studied at three postnatal ages: 4, 7, and 13 weeks. Brain weight in the mutant animals was significantly (P <...
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