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