Stress-induced alterations in prefrontal dendritic spines: Implications for post-traumatic stress disorder

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 601, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-45

  Moench, Kelly M ^a   Wellman, Cara L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Dendrititc morphology; Extinction; Infralimbic cortex; Prelimbic cortex; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC STRESS; DENDRITIC SPINE; HUMAN; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL DENDRITIC SPINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946405796     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.12.035     Document Type: Review

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