Gonadal hormones act extrinsic to the hippocampus to influence the density of hippocampal astroglial processes

Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 491-498

  Lam T T ^a,b   Leranth, C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammon's horn; Astrocyte; Estradiol; GFAP; Ovariectomy; Spine decrease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CANNULA; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037474073     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00730-3     Document Type: Article

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