HIV-1 Transgenic Female Rat: Synaptodendritic Alterations of Medium Spiny Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 642-653

  Roscoe, Robert F ^a   Mactutus, Charles F ^a   Booze, Rosemarie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Diolistic labeling; HIV 1 associated neurocognitive disorder; Indocarbocyanine dye DiI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE GUN; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HIV-1 TRANSGENIC RAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHENOTYPE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC RAT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; HIV-1; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, TRANSGENIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84911002282     PISSN: 15571890     EISSN: 15571904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11481-014-9555-z     Document Type: Article

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