Chronic Social Defeat Stress Modulates Dendritic Spines Structural Plasticity in Adult Mouse Frontal Association Cortex

Chronic stress is associated with occurrence of many mental disorders. Previous studies have shown that dendrites and spines of pyramidal neurons of the prefrontal cortex undergo drastic reorganization following chronic stress experience. So the prefrontal cortex is believed to play a key role in re...

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Main Authors: Yu Shu, Tonghui Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6207873