Age-related dendritic hypertrophy and sexual dimorphism in rat basolateral amygdala

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-146

  Rubinow, Marisa J ^a   Drogos, Lauren L ^a   Juraska, Janice M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Basolateral nucleus; Dendrites; Dendritic spines; Golgi Cox; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GOLGI STAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTROPHY; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 56049117966     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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