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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Neurosci. 2016 May 12;130(4):437–447. doi: 10.1037/bne0000148

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Play-deprivation increased total length and branch points for apical dendrites in the PL cortex. A) Mean dendritic length (± SE) for apical and basal dendrites in pyramidal neurons of PL layer 2/3. B) Mean branch points (± SE) for apical and basal dendrites in pyramidal neurons of PL layer 2/3. Data on dendritic morphology is shown for play-exposed (n = 4) and play-deprived (n = 5) animals that received social defeat stress and for play-exposed (n = 5) and play-deprived (n = 3) animals that did not receive social defeat stress. Significant main effects indicate that play-deprived animals showed increased apical dendritic length and branch points compared to play-exposed animals (* p < 0.05).