Estradiol reduces dendritic spine density in the ventral striatum of female syrian hamsters

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 187-194

  Staffend, Nancy A ^a   Loftus, Caroline M ^a   Meisel, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Nucleus accumbens; Spine density; Spine morphology

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CRICETINAE; DENDRITES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MESOCRICETUS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS;

MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 79951949859     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0284-7     Document Type: Article

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