Self-stimulation rewarding experience induced alterations in dendritic spine density in CA3 hippocampal and layer V motor cortical pyramidal neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1067-1077

  Shankaranarayana Rao, B S ^a   Raju, T R ^a   Meti, B L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

CA3 neurons; Dendritic spines; Hippocampal; Layer V pyramidal neurons; Motor cortex; Postsynaptic plasticity; Self stimulation reward

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0042955848     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00394-7     Document Type: Article

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