Estradiol enhances the induction of homosynaptic long-term depression in the CA1 region of the adult, ovariectomized rat

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 180-187

  Desmond, Nancy L ^a   Zhang, De Xing ^a   Levy, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

CA1; Estradiol; Female; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Long term depression; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SESAME SEED OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PLASTICITY; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0342424260     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1999.3929     Document Type: Article

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