Chronic stress effects on dendritic morphology in medial prefrontal cortex: sex differences and estrogen dependence

Neuroscience

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-207

  Garrett, J E ^a   Wellman, C L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic stress; dendrite morphology; estradiol; female; medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DENDRITES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UTERUS;

EID: 67349126165     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.04.057     Document Type: Article

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