APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Paternal Experience Alters Morphological Classification of Hippocampal CA1 Dendritic Spines in California Mice
- Neilesh Sud
University of Maryland College Park - Lidia Castillo
University of Maryland College Park - Robert Starkenburg
University of Maryland College Park - Melissa Smith
University of Maryland College Park - Abigail Santoni
University of Maryland College Park - Elana Wagner
University of Maryland College Park - Sarah Racz
University of Maryland College Park - Erica Glasper
University of Maryland College Park
Abstract
The hippocampus undergoes structural plasticity in response to paternal experience, yet the extent to which dendritic spine morphology is altered as a result of fatherhood is not known. Paternal experience increased the number of thin dendritic spines in area CA1 of the hippocampus of California mice, compared to non-fathers.
Animal Learning and Behavior
