New roles for estrogen receptor β in behavior and neuroendocrinology

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-232

  Bodo, Cristian ^a   Rissman, Emilie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Reproduction; Serotonin; Sex differences; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GONADORELIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; KB 093823; LIGAND; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROLACTIN; RALOXIFENE; SEROTONIN; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 33745348771     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2006.02.004     Document Type: Review

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