Feature article: Estrogen and the aging hippocampal synapse

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1271-1275

  Adams, Michelle M ^a,b   Morrison, John H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AGING; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0344412913     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhg078     Document Type: Review

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