Anatomical Evidence for Transsynaptic Influences of Estrogen on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 468, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-360

  Blurton Jones, M ^a   Kuan, P N ^a   Tuszynski, Mark H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Colchicine; Estradiol; GABA; GAD; Neurotrophins; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COLCHICINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN; PARVALBUMIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; NEOCORTEX; PARVALBUMINS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0346749401     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10989     Document Type: Article

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