Adrenocortical status predicts the degree of age-related deficits in prefrontal structural plasticity and working memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 8387-8397

  Anderson, Rachel M ^a   Birnie, Andrew K ^a   Koblesky, Norah K ^a   Romig Martin, Sara A ^a   Radley, Jason J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; HPA axis; Medial prefrontal cortex; Prelimbic; Working memory

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF AGING; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SYNAPSE; T-MAZE TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

CORTICOSTERONE; HPA AXIS; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC; WORKING MEMORY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; FORECASTING; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84902491069     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1385-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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