Prenatal bystander stress induces neuroanatomical changes in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of developing rat offspring

Brain Research

Volumn 1412, Issue , 2011, Pages 55-62

  Mychasiuk, Richelle ^a   Gibb, Robbin ^a   Kolb, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CA1; Dendrite; Early experience; mPFC; OFC; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SILVER STAINING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES;

RATTUS;

EID: 80052034788     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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