Hormonal enhancement of neuronal firing is linked to structural remodelling of excitatory and inhibitory synapses

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 665-670

  Parducz, A ^a   Hoyk, Z ^a   Kis, Z ^b   Garcia Segura, L M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus 17 estradiol; GABA; Neuronal activity; Rat; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036460089     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02127.x     Document Type: Article

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