Songbirds: A novel perspective on estrogens and the aging brain

Age

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-296

  Schlinger, Barney A ^a   Saldanha, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Aromatase; Estradiol; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Neurosteroids; Plasticity; Song system; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; REVIEW; SONGBIRD;

EID: 33745662600     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-005-4555-9     Document Type: Review

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