Local neurosteroid production in the hippocampus: Influence on synaptic plasticity of memory

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-263

  Mukai, Hideo ^a   Tsurugizawa, Tomokazu ^a   Ogiue Ikeda, Mari ^a   Murakami, Gen ^a   Hojo, Yasushi ^a   Ishii, Hirotaka ^a   Kimoto, Tetsuya ^a   Kawato, Suguru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrogen receptor; Hippocampus; Neurosteroid; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIOL; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33847770897     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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