Corticosterone replacement restores normal morphological features to the hippocampal dendrites, axons and synapses of adrenalectomized rats

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 541-558

  Sousa, N ^a   Madeira, M D ^a   Paula Barbosa, M M ^a  

^a Porto Medical School   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STEROID THERAPY;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0033513527     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007015321767     Document Type: Article

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