Exogenous dehydroisoandrosterone sulfate reverses the dendritic changes of the central neurons in aging male rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 191-202

  Chen, Jeng Rung ^a   Tseng, Guo Fang ^b   Wang, Yueh Jan ^b   Wang, Tsyr Jiuan ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging male rat; Dendritic structures; DHEAS; Hippocampus; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; MAZE TEST; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

AGING; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DENDRITES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84902455559     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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