Stress, anxiety, and dendritic spines: What are the connections?

Neuroscience

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-119

  Leuner, B ^a   Shors, T J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Plasticity; Prefrontal cortex; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CELL LOSS; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

AMYGDALA; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BDNF; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; BLA; BNST; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CRH; HIPPOCAMPUS; HPA; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LTD; LTP; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MPFC; PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPSE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TPA;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884289864     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.021     Document Type: Review

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