Estradiol increases the sensitivity of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells to NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic input: Correlation with dendritic spine density

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1848-1859

  Woolley, Catherine S ^a   Weiland, Nancy G ^b   McEwen, Bruce S ^b   Schwartzkroin, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autoradiography; biocytin; CA1 pyramidal cells; dendritic spines; estradiol; hippocampal slice; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BIOCYTIN; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031051384     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-05-01848.1997     Document Type: Article

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