Cyclical changes in endogenous levels of oestrogen modulate the induction of LTD and LTP in the hippocampal CA1 region

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4476-4480

  Good, Mark ^a   Day, Mark ^a   Muir, Janice L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; LTD; LTP; Oestrogen; Paired pulse; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTROGEN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0033431679     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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