Plasticity of gray matter volume: The cellular and synaptic plasticity that underlies volumetric change

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 456-465

  Anderson, Brenda J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain growth; Eegional volume; Enriched environment; Enrichment; Gray matter volume; Hippocampal volume; Morphometry; Plasticity; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONMYELINATED NERVE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; SYNAPSES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 79959220814     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20563     Document Type: Article

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