Neuron number decreases in the rat ventral, but not dorsal, medial prefrontal cortex between adolescence and adulthood

Neuroscience

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 961-968

  Markham, J A ^a   Morris, J R ^a   Juraska, J M ^a  

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

Author keywords

anterior cingulate; cortical volume; development; sex differences; white matter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33845753847     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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