Hippocampal Excitability Increases during the Estrous Cycle in the Rat: A Potential Role for Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 37, 2003, Pages 11641-11652

  Scharfman, Helen E ^a,b   Mercurio, Thomas C ^a   Goodman, Jeffrey H ^a   Wilson, Marlene A ^c   MacLusky, Neil J ^b  

^a HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Epilepsy; Estrogen; Mossy fibers; Neurotrophic; Nicotinic; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN; K 252A; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METESTRUS; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SPIKE;

EID: 0347694857     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-37-11641.2003     Document Type: Article

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