Long-term social isolation in the adulthood results in CA1 shrinkage and cognitive impairment

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-39

  Pereda Pérez, Inmaculada ^a   Popović, Natalija ^b   Otalora, Beatriz Baño ^c   Popović, Miroljub ^b   Madrid, Juan Antonio ^c   Rol, Maria Angeles ^c   Venero, César ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; NCAM; Octodon degus; PSA NCAM; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 120; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 140; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 180; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; NONHUMAN; POLYSIALYLATION; SIALYLATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

CORTISOL; FEAR CONDITIONING; HIPPOCAMPUS; NCAM; OCTODON DEGUS; PSA-NCAM; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; MEMORY; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; OCTODON; ORGAN SIZE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84881106930     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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