Estradiol induces formation of dendritic spines in hippocampal neurons: Functional correlates

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 156-159

  Segal, Menahem ^a   Murphy, Diane ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Neuroscience Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultured neurons; Dendritic spines; Estradiol; GABA; Progesterone; Rat hippocampus

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DIAZEPAM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENDRITIC SPINE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0034854794     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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