Effects of exercise training on dendritic morphology in the cardiorespiratory and locomotor centers of the mature rat brain

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1582-1590

  Nelson, Amanda J ^a,b   Juraska, Janice M ^a   Ragan, Brian G ^c   Iwamoto, Gary A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult plasticity; Dendritic branching; Golgi staining

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; EXERCISE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; PROCEDURES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77953174760     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00137.2009     Document Type: Article

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