Increased synapses in the medial prefrontal cortex are associated with repeated amphetamine administration

Synapse

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-135

  Morshedi, Maud M ^a   Rademacher, David J ^a   Meredith, Gloria E ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Behavioral sensitization; Physical disector; Psychostimulant; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPINE; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 59949091187     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20591     Document Type: Article

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