Lithium treatment prevents stress-induced dendritic remodeling in the rodent amygdala

Neuroscience

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-39

  Johnson, S A ^a   Wang, J F ^b   Sun, X ^c   McEwen, B S ^d   Chattarji, S ^e   Young, L T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

animal model; bipolar disorder; dendritic arborization; Golgi Cox impregnation; mood stabilizer

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERTROPHY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SILVER STAINING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 68349154620     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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