Presynaptic N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Expression Is Increased by Estrogen in an Aromatase-Rich Area of the Songbird Hippocampus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 469, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 522-534

  Saldanha, Colin J ^a   Schlinger, Barney A ^b   Micevych, Paul E ^b,c   Horvath, Tamas L ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Estradiol; Glutamate; Learning; Memory; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SONGBIRD; TELENCEPHALON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0942276347     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.11035     Document Type: Article

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