Gonadal steroids regulate dendritic spine density in hippocampal pyramidal cells in adulthood

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 1286-1291

  Gould, Elizabeth ^a   Woolley, Catherine S ^a   Frankfurt, Maya ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; DENDRITES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; SEX HORMONES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025411855     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.10-04-01286.1990     Document Type: Article

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