Warmer preparation of hippocampal slices prevents synapse proliferation that might obscure LTP-related structural plasticity

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-59

  Bourne, Jennifer N ^a   Kirov, Sergei A ^a   Sorra, Karin E ^a   Harris, Kristen M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Dendritic spine; Hippocampal slice; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; SYNAPSES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33845904883     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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