Neonatal methamphetamine administration induces region-specific long-term neuronal morphological changes in the rat hippocampus, nucleus accumbens and parietal cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3165-3170

  Williams, Michael T ^a   Brown, Russell W ^b   Vorhees, Charles V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Dentate gyrus; Development; Golgi Cox staining

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARIETAL LOBE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 3042757535     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03405.x     Document Type: Article

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