Repeated social stress leads to contrasting patterns of structural plasticity in the amygdala and hippocampus

Patel, D.; Anilkumar, S.; Chattarji, S.; Buwalda, B.

doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.03.034

Repeated social stress leads to contrasting patterns of structural plasticity in the amygdala and hippocampus

Previous studies have demonstrated that repeated immobilization and restraint stress cause contrasting patterns of dendritic reorganization as well as alterations in spine density in amygdalar and hippocampal neurons. Whether social and ethologically relevant stressors can induce similar patterns…