Chronic stress induces dendritic atrophy in the rat medial geniculate nucleus: Effects on auditory conditioning
Dagnino-Subiabre A, Muñoz-Llancao P, Terreros G, Wyneken U, Díaz-Véliz G, Porter B, Kilgard M, Atzori M, Aboitiz F. Chronic stress induces dendritic atrophy in the rat medial geniculate nucleus: Effects on auditory conditioning. Behavioural Brain Research 2009, 203: 88-96. PMID: 19397934, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.04.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcoustic StimulationAnimalsAuditory PerceptionConditioning, ClassicalDendritesEscape ReactionFearFreezing Reaction, CatalepticGeniculate BodiesMaleNeuronsPhotic StimulationPosterior Thalamic NucleiRandom AllocationRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReflex, StartleRestraint, PhysicalStress, PsychologicalVisual PerceptionConceptsMedial geniculate nucleusPosterior thalamic nucleusDendritic atrophyUnconditioned fearFear conditioningChronic stressStressed animalsAuditory conditioned stimulusAuditory fear conditioningAvoidance conditioned responseChronic restraint stressCued fear conditioningGeniculate nucleusSprague-Dawley ratsVisual fear conditioningFear conditioning protocolRestraint stressInferior colliculusThalamic nucleiConditioned stimulusConditioning trialsConditioned responseConditioning protocolUnconditioned responseAtrophy