Androgen modulates N-methyl-D-aspartate-mediated depolarization in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells

Synapse

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-19

  Pouliot, Wendy A ^a   Handa, Robert J ^a   Beck, Sheryl G ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydrotestosterone; Excitotoxicity; Hippocampus; N methyl D aspartate

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTANOLONE PROPIONATE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029983461     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199605)23:1<10::AID-SYN2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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