Opposing actions of androgen and estrogen on in vitro firing frequency of neuronal oscillators in the electromotor system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2860-2868

  Schaefer, Joseph E ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

electric fish; motoneuron; neuronal oscillators; pacemaker; plasticity; steroids

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD LESION; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0029862970     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-08-02860.1996     Document Type: Article

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