Diurnal rhythm and stress regulate dendritic architecture and spine density of pyramidal neurons in the rat infralimbic cortex

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 406-413

  Perez Cruz, Claudia ^a   Simon, Mária ^b   Flügge, Gabriele ^a,c   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a,c   Czéh, Boldizsár ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Dendrite; Diurnal changes; Immobilization; Medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIMBIC CORTEX; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REST;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 70349780401     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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