Cholesterol and perhaps estradiol protect against corticosterone-induced hippocampal CA3 dendritic retraction in gonadectomized female and male rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 246, Issue , 2013, Pages 409-421

  Ortiz, J B ^a   McLaughlin, K J ^a,b   Hamilton, G F ^a   Baran, S E ^a   Campbell, A N ^a   Conrad, C D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Golgi; Morphology; Neuroprotection; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; SILASTIC; TAP WATER;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC RETRACTION; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GOLGI STAIN; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CASTRATION; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84879413261     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

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