Repeated stress alters dendritic spine morphology in the rat medial prefrontal cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1141-1150

  Radley, Jason J ^a   Rocher, Anne B ^b   Rodriguez, Alfredo ^b   Ehlenberger, Douglas B ^b   Dammann, Mark ^a   Mcewen, Bruce S ^c,d   Morrison, John H ^b,d   Wearne, Susan L ^b   Hof, Patrick R ^b,d  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spine; Morphometry; Plasticity; Prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GEOMETRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITIC SPINES; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

EID: 38949113706     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21588     Document Type: Article

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