Subregional, dendritic compartment, and spine subtype specificity in cocaine regulation of dendritic spines in the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6957-6966

  Dumitriu, Dani ^a   Laplant, Quincey ^a   Grossman, Yael S ^a   Dias, Caroline ^a   Janssen, William G ^a   Russo, Scott J ^a   Morrison, John H ^a   Nestler, Eric J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOWN REGULATION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS;

EID: 84861113384     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5718-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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