Structural and functional plasticity of dendritic spines – root or result of behavior?

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 101-117

  Gipson, C D ^a   Olive, M F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; behavior; cytoskeleton; dendritic spine; dynamics; glutamate; Golgi; histology; morphology; plasticity

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADDICTION; AGING; BRAIN REGION; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPRESSION; GOLGI STAIN; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84990239125     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12324     Document Type: Review

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