Daily injections alter spine density in rat medial prefrontal cortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-32

  Seib, Laura M ^a   Wellman, Cara L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical dendrite; Dendritic spines; Glucocorticoids; Prefrontal cortex; Pyramidal neuron; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG VEHICLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GOLGI STAIN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINE; STRESS;

EID: 0037472343     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01287-9     Document Type: Article

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