Interactive effects of stress and aging on structural plasticity in the prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6726-6731

  Bloss, Erik B ^a   Janssen, William G ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^b   Morrison, John H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952400307     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0759-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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