Endocrine glia: Roles of glial cells in the brain actions of steroid and thyroid hormones and in the regulation of hormone secretion

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 180-211

  Garcia Segura, Luis Miguel ^a   Chowen, Julie Ann ^a   Naftolin, Frederick ^b  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

as troglia; brain repair; estradiol; glucocorticoids; hormone release; microglia; neurosteroids; oligodendroglia; progesterone; Schwann cells; testosterone; thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; OXYTOCIN; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MACROGLIA; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL;

EID: 0029960823     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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