Voxel-based morphometry predicts shifts in dendritic spine density and morphology with auditory fear conditioning

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Keifer, O P ^a,b   Hurt, R C ^a,b   Gutman, D A ^a   Keilholz, S D ^a   Gourley, S L ^a,b   Ressler, K J ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEUROLOGY; PREDICTION; RODENT; SIGNAL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY FEAR CONDITIONING; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONDITIONING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DENDRITIC SPINE; INSULA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SIZE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; LIMB; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; FEAR; MALE; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84936818048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8582     Document Type: Article

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