Estradiol-induced modulation of estrogen receptor-β and GABA within the adult neocortex: A potential transsynaptic mechanism for estrogen modulation of BDNF

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 499, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 603-612

  Blurton Jones, Mathew ^a   Tuszynski, Mark H ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Disinhibition; Estradiol; Neurotrophins; Parvalbumin; Transsynaptic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOCORTEX; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33750200403     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21122     Document Type: Article

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