Letter to NeuroscienceDifferential emotional experience induces elevated spine densities on basal dendrites of pyramidal neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex of Octodon degus
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Experimental procedures
The O. degus used in this study were bred in a colony at our institute, as described previously (Helmeke et al., 2001). All experiments were performed in accordance with the European Communities Council Directive of 24th November 1986 (86/609/EEC) and according to the German guidelines for the care and use of animals in laboratory research, and the experimental protocols were approved by an ethical committee. All efforts were made to minimize the number of animals used and their suffering.
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Acknowledgements
We wish to acknowledge the excellent technical assistance of Petra Kremz, Ute Kreher and Susann Becker. This work was supported by the German Science Foundation (DFG) SFB 426.
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