Experience-dependent changes in dendritic arbor and spine density in neocortex vary qualitatively with age and sex

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Kolb, Bryan ^a   Gibb, Robbin ^a   Gorny, Grazyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortex; Dendrite; Development; Enrichment; Plasticity; Sex differences; Spine

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037227172     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7427(02)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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