Rearing Complexity Affects Branching of Dendrites in the Visual Cortex of the Rat

@article{Volkmar1972RearingCA,
  title={Rearing Complexity Affects Branching of Dendrites in the Visual Cortex of the Rat},
  author={Fred R Volkmar and William T. Greenough},
  journal={Science},
  year={1972},
  volume={176},
  pages={1445 - 1447}
}
Higher-order dendritic branching is considerably greater in Golgistained neurons from the occipital cortex of rats reared in groups in a complex environment than in similar neurons of littermates reared individually in laboratory cages have intermediate amounts of branching, while lower-order branching did not appear to be affected by any rearing environment. 
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