Chronic 17β-estradiol or cholesterol prevents stress-induced hippocampal CA3 dendritic retraction in ovariectomized female rats: Possible correspondence between CA1 spine properties and spatial acquisition

Hippocampus

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 768-786

  McLaughlin, Katie J ^a,b   Wilson, Jessica O ^a,c   Harman, James ^a,d   Wright, Ryan L ^a   Wieczorek, Lindsay ^a,e,f   Gomez, Juan ^a,g   Korol, Donna L ^e   Conrad, Cheryl D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LORAS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic retraction; Estrous cycle; Locomotion; Morris water maze; Neuroprotection; Rat

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; SILASTIC; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DENDRITIC SPINES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953038919     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20678     Document Type: Article

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