Ultrastructural Evidence for Increased Contact between Astrocytes and Synapses in Rats Reared in a Complex Environment

@article{Jones1996UltrastructuralEF,
  title={Ultrastructural Evidence for Increased Contact between Astrocytes and Synapses in Rats Reared in a Complex Environment},
  author={Theresa A. Jones and William T. Greenough},
  journal={Neurobiology of Learning and Memory},
  year={1996},
  volume={65},
  pages={48-56}
}
Rats raised from weaning in a complex environment have an increased number of synapses per neuron in the visual cortex in comparison to animals housed in standard laboratory cages. Previous research has suggested that experience-dependent synaptic changes may be coordinated with changes in astrocytes. The present study used electron microscopy to examine astrocytic processes in the visual cortex of rats raised in a complex environment (EC) or in standard laboratory cages, either individually… 
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