Organizing actions of neurosteroids in the Purkinje neuron

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Sakamoto, Hirotaka ^a,b,c   Shikimi, Hanako ^a,b   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dendritic growth; Estradiol; Neonatal life; Neuronal circuit formation; Neurosteroids; Progesterone; Purkinje neuron; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DENDRITIC SPINE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 2942598182     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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