Evidence for reduced experience-dependent dendritic spine plasticity in the aging prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7831-7839

  Bloss, Erik B ^a   Janssen, William G ^a   Ohm, Daniel T ^a   Yuk, Frank J ^a   Wadsworth, Shannon ^a   Saardi, Karl M ^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

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXPERIENCE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINES; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79957651404     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0839-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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