Simultaneous olfactory discrimination elicits a strain-specific increase in dendritic spines in the hippocampus of inbred mice

Hippocampus

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 472-479

  Restivo, Leonardo ^a,b   Roman, François S ^b   Ammassari Teule, Martine ^a   Marchetti, Evelyne ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Apical dendrites; C57 and DBA mice; CA1; Golgi Cox staining; Pyramidal neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DBA MOUSE; DENDRITE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 33745178869     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20174     Document Type: Article

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