Activity-stress induces atrophy of apical dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Lambert, Kelly G ^a   Buckelew, Sara K ^a   Staffiso Sandoz, Grace ^b   Gaffga, Sandra ^a   Carpenter, Ward ^b   Fisher, Jennifer ^b   Kinsley, Craig H ^b  

^a RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Hippocampal neurons; Neuroanatomy; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0032144905     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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