2024
The Neuroprotective Role of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Wild) Supplementation in Hippocampal Morphology and Memory of Adolescent Stressed Rats
Terreros G, Pérez M, Muñoz-LLancao P, D’Espessailles A, Martínez E, Dagnino-Subiabre A. The Neuroprotective Role of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Wild) Supplementation in Hippocampal Morphology and Memory of Adolescent Stressed Rats. Nutrients 2024, 16: 381. PMID: 38337665, PMCID: PMC10857380, DOI: 10.3390/nu16030381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStressed ratsInfluence anxiety-like behaviorStress-induced dendritic atrophyVulnerability to chronic stressRat chowAnxiety-like behaviorChronically stressed ratsRestraint stress protocolNon-stressedLocomotor activitySpatial memoryY-mazeCognitive performanceHippocampal morphologyMale Sprague-Dawley ratsDendritic atrophyChronic stressPrepubertal male Sprague-Dawley ratsStress protocolNeuroprotective roleSprague-Dawley ratsDendritic lengthCA3 areaPyramidal neuronsBrain physiology
2009
Effect of the environment on the dendritic morphology of the rat auditory cortex
Bose M, Muñoz‐llancao P, Roychowdhury S, Nichols J, Jakkamsetti V, Porter B, Byrapureddy R, Salgado H, Kilgard M, Aboitiz F, Dagnino‐Subiabre A, Atzori M. Effect of the environment on the dendritic morphology of the rat auditory cortex. Synapse 2009, 64: 97-110. PMID: 19771593, PMCID: PMC2830877, DOI: 10.1002/syn.20710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsApical dendritic lengthBasal dendritic lengthApical dendritesDendritic lengthAuditory cortexSpine densityBasal dendritesShorter apical dendritesGolgi-Cox staining techniqueLayer-specific patternRat auditory cortexShort basal dendritesPrimary auditory cortexSensory deafnessInduce similar changesInfragranular neuronsLayer 2/3Neocortical plasticityExcitatory synapsesSholl analysisEnvironmental enrichmentStressed animalsGolgi-CoxStress-induced changesEnvironmental manipulations