NMDA receptor blockade alters stress-induced dendritic remodeling in medial prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2366-2373

  Martin, Kathryn P ^a   Wellman, Cara L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic plasticity; Golgi histology; Morphometry; Prelimbic cortex; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

4 (3 PHOSPHONOPROPYL) 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROHORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HYPERTROPHY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052766627     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr021     Document Type: Article

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