Regional differences in acute corticosterone-induced dendritic remodeling in the rat brain and their behavioral consequences

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Hyejin ^a   Yi, Jee H ^a   Choi, Kyuhyun ^a   Hong, Seokheon ^b   Shin, Ki S ^a   Kang, Shin J ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Basolateral amygdala; Corticosterone; Medial prefrontal cortex; Stress; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRESS; TIME; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DENDRITES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84901695014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-15-65     Document Type: Article

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