Estrogen and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in hippocampus: Complexity of steroid hormone-growth factor interactions in the adult CNS

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-435

  Scharfman, Helen E ^a,b   MacLusky, Neil J ^c  

^a HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dentate gyrus; Depression; Epilepsy; Estradiol; Estrogen receptor ; Estrogen receptor ; Granule cell; Memory; Mossy fibers; Neurogenesis; Neuropeptide Y; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPTIC STATE; ESTRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; KINDLING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; STEROIDS;

EID: 33750951890     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2006.09.004     Document Type: Review

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