Dendritic spine formation in response to progesterone synthesized de novo in the developing Purkinje cell in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-115

  Sakamoto, Hirotaka ^a   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 ,5 Tetrahydroprogesterone; Cerebellar development; Dendritic spine formation; Neurosteroids; Progesterone; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; TRILOSTANE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0037023245     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00077-0     Document Type: Article

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