Membrane-initiated signaling of estrogen in the brain

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-177

  Rønnekleiv, Oline K ^a,b   Malyala, Anna ^a   Kelly, Martin J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; G q; K+ channels; pCREB

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIESTROGEN; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GALANIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAS PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN; TETRODOTOXIN; WORTMANNIN;

BINDING SITE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FEEDING; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GENOME; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGENS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34247590815     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973429     Document Type: Review

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