Oestradiol signalling in the hippocampus

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-259

  Azcoitia, I ^a   Garcia Segura, L M ^b   DonCarlos, L L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell signalling; Gonadal steroids; Hippocampus; IGF I; Neurotrophins; Oestradiol receptors; Transcription

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCINEURIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; KT 5720; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN BCL 2; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TAMOXIFEN;

ALLOSTERISM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 3042819509     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570159043476783     Document Type: Review

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