Chronic psychosocial stress causes apical dendritic atrophy of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons in subordinate tree shrews

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3534-3540

  Magariños, Ana María ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a   Flügge, Gabriele ^b   Fuchs, Eberhard ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

excitatory amino acids; glucocorticoids; Golgi impregnation; hippocampus; phenytoin; pyramidal neuron; Tupaia

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0029988191     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-10-03534.1996     Document Type: Article

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