Chronic stress and hippocampal dendritic complexity: Methodological and functional considerations

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 178, Issue , 2017, Pages 66-81

  Conrad, Cheryl D ^a   Ortiz, J Bryce ^a   Judd, Jessica M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CA3; Dendrites; Glucocorticoid; Hippocampus; Recovery; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL DENDRITIC COMPLEXITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85007429411     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.11.017     Document Type: Review

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