Gonadal and adrenal steroids regulate neurochemical and structural plasticity of the hippocampus via cellular mechanisms involving NMDA receptors

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-116

  McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atrophy; dendrite; estrogen; glucocorticoi d; hippocampus; N methyl D aspartate; neurogenesis; stress; synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN ATROPHY; DENDRITE; GONAD FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; GONADS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STEROIDS;

EID: 0029903204     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02088170     Document Type: Review

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