Gonadal hormone modulation of dendrites in the mammalian CNS

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-46

  Cooke, Bradley M ^a   Woolley, Catherine S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent; Androgen; Estrogen; Reproductive behavior; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BULBOCAVERNOSUS NUCLEUS; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXCITATION; GENE FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITES; GONADAL HORMONES; MAZE LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20544469438     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20143     Document Type: Review

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