Estrogen and the developing mammalian brain

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 379-390

  Beyer, Cordian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain development; Estrogen; Estrogen receptors; Estrogen signaling; Estrogen growth factor interaction; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMAL; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ONTOGENY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033005046     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050236     Document Type: Review

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