Interaction of rapid signal transduction cascades and gene expression in mediating estrogen effects on memory over the life span

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 51-64

  Foster, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Hippocampus; Ligand independent; Memory; Signal transduction cascade; Synaptic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL GROWTH; DEMENTIA; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 23644436538     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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