Morphological Effects of Estrogen on Cholinergic Neurons In Vitro Involves Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 982-990

  Dominguez, Reymundo ^a   Jalali, Cathy ^a   De Lacalle, Sonsoles ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal forebrain; Cholinergic system; Estrogen; Extracellular signal regulated kinase; Outgrowth; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENDER; HISTOGRAM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEURITES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0742322847     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2586-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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