Regional differences in cortical dendrite morphology following in utero exposure to cocaine.

Publication/Presentation Date

12-30-2003

Abstract

In utero exposure to cocaine has been shown to affect dopaminergic populations of developing neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). To determine if this was a regionally specific effect or the result of a global phenomenon, we used a Golgi-Cox analysis to measure several parameters of neuronal development in murine neurons from frontal cortex, a region of the cortex containing monoamine innervation, and somatosensory cortex, a monoamine sparse part of the cortex. Results of these analyses show that in utero exposure to cocaine affects total dendrite length in histotypical layers III and IV and dendritic volume in layer III of the frontal cortex. These effects are not present in the somatosensory cortex.

Volume

147

Issue

1-2

First Page

59

Last Page

66

ISSN

0165-3806

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

14741751

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article

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