Changes in the structural complexity of the aged brain

DL Dickstein, D Kabaso, AB Rocher, JI Luebke… - Aging cell, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Structural changes of neurons in the brain during aging are complex and not well understood.
Neurons have significant homeostatic control of essential brain functions, including …

The nature and effects of cortical microvascular pathology in aging and Alzheimer's disease

TL Bailey, CB Rivara, AB Rocher, PR Hof - Neurological research, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
… Vasoactive effects of Ab in isolated human cerebrovessels and in a transgenic mouse
model of Alzheimer’s disease: Role of inflammation. Neurol Res 2003; 25: 642–651 …

Stress-induced alterations in prefrontal cortical dendritic morphology predict selective impairments in perceptual attentional set-shifting

…, DS Goldwater, JJ Radley, AB Rocher… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Stressful life events have been implicated clinically in the pathogenesis of mental illness,
but the neural substrates that may account for this observation remain poorly understood. …

Dendritic vulnerability in neurodegenerative disease: insights from analyses of cortical pyramidal neurons in transgenic mouse models

JI Luebke, CM Weaver, AB Rocher… - Brain Structure and …, 2010 - Springer
In neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, neuronal dendrites and
dendritic spines undergo significant pathological changes. Because of the determinant role of …

Chronic behavioral stress induces apical dendritic reorganization in pyramidal neurons of the medial prefrontal cortex

JJ Radley, HM Sisti, J Hao, AB Rocher, T McCall… - Neuroscience, 2004 - Elsevier
Both the hippocampus and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) play an important role in the
negative feedback regulation of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) activity during …

Repeated stress induces dendritic spine loss in the rat medial prefrontal cortex

JJ Radley, AB Rocher, M Miller, WGM Janssen… - Cerebral …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays an important role in higher cognitive processes, and in the
regulation of stress-induced hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) activity. Here we …

Repeated stress alters dendritic spine morphology in the rat medial prefrontal cortex

JJ Radley, AB Rocher, A Rodriguez… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Anatomical alterations in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are associated with
hypothalamopituitary adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation, altered stress hormone levels, and …

New techniques for imaging, digitization and analysis of three-dimensional neural morphology on multiple scales

SL Wearne, A Rodriguez, DB Ehlenberger, AB Rocher… - Neuroscience, 2005 - Elsevier
Cognitive impairment in normal aging and neurodegenerative diseases is accompanied by
altered morphologies on multiple scales. Understanding of the role of these structural …

Age-related dendritic and spine changes in corticocortically projecting neurons in macaque monkeys

H Duan, SL Wearne, AB Rocher, A Macedo… - Cerebral …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Alterations in neuronal morphology occur in primate cerebral cortex during normal aging,
vary depending on the neuronal type, region and cortical layer, and have been related to …

Caloric restriction attenuates β‐amyloid neuropathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

J Wang, L Ho, W Qin, AB Rocher, I Seror… - The FASEB …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This study was designed to explore the possibility that caloric restriction (CR) may benefit
Alzheimer's disease (AD) by preventing β‐amyloid (Aβ) neuropathology pivotal to the initiation …