Nongenomic actions of estrogen in the brain: Physiological significance and cellular mechanisms

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-203

  Wong, Michael ^a   Thompson, Tina L ^a   Moss, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Direct membrane action; G protein; Second messenger systems

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER;

EID: 0030453131     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v10.i2.30     Document Type: Review

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