Aging and sex influence the anatomy of the rat anterior cingulate cortex

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 579-588

  Markham, Julie A ^a   Juraska, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Estropause; Estrous cycle; Female; Golgi; Medial prefrontal cortex; Ovarian hormones

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROGESTERONE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036247060     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(02)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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