Reorganization of the morphology of hippocampal neurites and synapses after stress-induced damage correlates with behavioral improvement

Neuroscience

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-266

  Sousa, N ^a   Lukoyanov, N V ^a   Madeira, M D ^a   Almeida, O F X ^b   Paula Barbosa, M M ^a  

^a Porto School of Nursing   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral correlates; Corticosteroids; Dendritic atrophy; Stress; Structural reorganization; Synaptic loss

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NERVE FIBERS; NEURITES; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034104493     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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