Effects of testosterone on hippocampal CA1 spine synaptic density in the male rat are inhibited by fimbria/fornix transection

Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 807-810

  Kovacs, E G ^a,c   MacLusky, N J ^b   Leranth, C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CA1 hippocampal area; Fimbria fornix transection; Spine synapse density; Testosterone; Unbiased stereological calculation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPAL FIMBRIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

EID: 0242485209     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.08.046     Document Type: Article

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