The density of Golgi-impregnated dendritic spines from adult rat posterodorsal medial amygdala neurons displays no evidence of hemispheric or dorsal/ventral differences

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 469, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-213

  Arpini, Michele ^a,b   Menezes, Itiana Castro ^a   Dall'Oglio, Aline ^b   Rasia Filho, Alberto A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid complex; Estrogen receptors; Extended amygdala; Golgi method; Hemispheric specialization

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURONS; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 72749109997     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.11.076     Document Type: Article

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