Sex differences in dendritic atrophy of CA3 pyramidal neurons in response to chronic restraint stress

Neuroscience

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 689-697

  Galea, L A M ^a,b   McEwen, B S ^a   Tanapat, P ^a   Deak, T ^a   Spencer, R L ^a   Dhabhar, F S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apical dendrites; Basal dendrites; CA3 pyramidal neurons; Corticosterone; Repeated stress; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SERUM GLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MALE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0031587284     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00233-9     Document Type: Article

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