Sexually dimorphic aging of dendritic morphology in CA1 of hippocampus

Hippocampus

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Markham, J A ^a   McKian, K P ^a   Stroup, T S ^a   Juraska, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic branching; Estropause; Sex differences; Spine density

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GOLGI STAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 14844329881     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20034     Document Type: Article

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