Sleep deprivation induces differential morphological changes in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in young and old rats

Synapse

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-25

  Acosta peña, Eva ^a   Camacho Abrego, Israel ^b,c   Melgarejo Gutiérrez, Montserrat ^a   Flores, Gonzalo ^b   Drucker Colín, René ^d   García García, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aging; Dendritic morphology; Golgi Cox staining; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; DENDRITE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RANDOMIZATION; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84910672269     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21779     Document Type: Article

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