Recovery of function is associated with increased spine density in cortical pyramidal cells after frontal lesions and/or noradrenaline depletion in neonatal rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 61-70

  Kolb, Bryan ^a   Stewart, Jane ^b   Sutherland, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Dendritic branching; Frontal cortex; Noradrenaline; Prefrontal; Recovery; Recovery of function; Spine; Spine density

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FORELIMB; FRONTAL CORTEX; HINDLIMB; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TONGUE; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; FORELIMB; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURITES; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDOPAMINE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TONGUE; TOUCH;

EID: 0031405210     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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