Selective estrogen receptor-α but not -β agonist treatment modulates brain α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1076-1084

  Le Saux, Maryvonne ^a   Estrada Camarena, Erika ^a   Di Paolo, Thérèse ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; DPN; Estradiol; GluR2; PPT

Indexed keywords

2,3 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) PROPIONITRILE; 4,4'4'' (4 PROPYL [1H] PYRAZOLE 1,3,5 TRIYL)TRISPHENOL; AMPA RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GINSENOSIDES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SAPOGENINS; TRITIUM;

EID: 33749481165     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21007     Document Type: Article

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