Estradiol increases spine density and NMDA-dependent Ca2+ transients in spines of CA1 pyramidal neurons from hippocampal slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1404-1411

  Pozzo Miller, Lucas D ^a,d   Inoue, Takafumi ^b   Murphy, Diane Dieuliis ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033015464     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1404     Document Type: Article

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