Increased estrogen receptor β expression correlates with decreased spine formation in the rat hippocampus

Hippocampus

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-463

  Szymczak, Sylwia ^a   Kalita, Katarzyna ^a   Jaworski, Jacek ^a,b   Mioduszewska, Basia ^a   Savonenko, Alena ^c   Markowska, Alicja ^d   Merchenthaler, Istvan ^e   Kaczmarek, Leszek ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor ; Hippocampus; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; KAINIC ACID; LIPOFECTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; Z8P; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EMBRYO; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROUS CYCLE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33745122220     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20172     Document Type: Article

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