Increase of mushroom spine density in CA1 apical dendrites produced by water maze training is prevented by ovariectomy

Brain Research

Volumn 1369, Issue , 2011, Pages 119-130

  Beltran Campos V ^a   Prado Alcala R A ^a   Leon Jacinto U ^a   Aguilar Vazquez A ^a   Quirarte, G L ^a   Ramirez Amaya V ^a   Diaz Cintra S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Golgi morphometry; Gonadal activity; Hippocampus; Spatial learning; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENSITY; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; GONAD; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OVARIECTOMY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; RATTUS;

EID: 78651099507     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.105     Document Type: Article

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