Dendritic morphology of neurons in prefrontal cortex and ventral hippocampus of rats with neonatal amygdala lesion

Synapse

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 373-382

  Vázquez Roque, Rubén Antonio ^a,b   Solis, Oscar ^a   Camacho Abrego, Israel ^a,b   Rodríguez Moreno, Antonio ^c   De La Cruz, Fidel ^b   Zamudio, Sergio ^b   Flores, Gonzalo ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendritic morphology; Hippocampus; Neonatal amygdala lesion; Neurodevelopment; Prefrontal cortex; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULTHOOD; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA LESION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; GOLGI STAIN; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPUBERTY; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REFLEX;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DENDRITIC SPINES; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84857691995     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21517     Document Type: Article

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