Gonadal steroids and astroglial plasticity

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-237

  Garcia Segura, L M ^a   Chowen, J A ^a   Duenas M ^a   Parducz, A ^b   Naftolin, F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Estradiol; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Insulin like growth factor I; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Neurosteroids; Pregnenolone; Progesterone; Reactive astroglia; Synaptic plasticity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; GONAD FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STEROID METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; GONADS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STEROIDS;

EID: 0029889155     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02088178     Document Type: Article

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