Aggressive experience increases dendritic spine density within the nucleus accumbens core in female syrian hamsters

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6275305	Neuroscience	2012	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Repeated exposure to males facilitates female aggressive behavior. âº Aggressive experience increases dendritic spine density in the nucleus accumbens core. âº Aggressive experience does not affect spine density in the nucleus accumbens shell or dorsal striatum. âº Aggressive experience increases mushroom spines throughout the ventral and dorsal striatum.

Keywords

PVP CPU LPM NAc Core Caudate/putamen spine density social behavior Dendritic morphology Spine morphology NAc Shell Nucleus accumbens nucleus accumbens core nucleus accumbens shell polyvinylpyrrolidone caudate