Astroglial plasticity is implicated in hippocampal remodelling in adult rats exposed to antenatal dexamethasone

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Shende, Vishvesh H ^a   McArthur, Simon ^b,c   Gillies, Glenda E ^b   Opacka Juffry, Jolanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROGLIAL PLASTICITY; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL REMODELLING; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; STEREOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL COUNT; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84939646633     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/694347     Document Type: Article

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