Estrogen-mediated structural and functional synaptic plasticity in the female rat hippocampus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-148

  Woolley, Catherine S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Estrous cycle; NMDA receptor; Ovarian steroids; Pregnancy; Synapses

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0032191983     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1466     Document Type: Article

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