Dendritic pruning of the medial amygdala during pubertal development of the male syrian hamster

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 578-590

  Zehr, Julia L ^a   Todd, Brigitte J ^b,c   Schulz, Kalynn M ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^b   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Androgen; Brain maturation; Dendrite; Neuron structure

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEURABIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CRICETINAE; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33745888022     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20251     Document Type: Article

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