Decreased dendritic spine density of neurons of the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens and enhanced amphetamine sensitivity in postpubertal rats after a neonatal amygdala lesion

Synapse

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1143-1153

  Solis, Oscar ^a   Vázquez Roque, Rubén Antonio ^a,b   Camacho Abrego, Israel ^a   Gamboa, Citlalli ^a   De La Cruz, Fidel ^b   Zamudio, Sergio ^b   Flores, Gonzalo ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dendritic morphology; Locomotor activity; Neonatal amygdala lesion; Neurodevelopment; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; APOMORPHINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGING; AMPHETAMINE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOMORPHINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 70349873418     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20697     Document Type: Article

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