Chronic stress induces contrasting patterns of dendritic remodeling in hippocampal and amygdaloid neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 6810-6818

  Vyas, Ajai ^a   Mitra, Rupshi ^a   Shankaranarayana Rao, B S ^a   Chattarji, Sumantra ^a,b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Atrophy; Basolateral amygdala; CA3; Dendritic remodeling; Hippocampus; Hypertrophy; Immobilization; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0036703905     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-15-06810.2002     Document Type: Article

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