Estrogen actions on brain and behavior: Recent insights and future challenges

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-416

  Chakraborti, Ayanabha ^a   Gulati, Kavita ^a   Ray, Arunabha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

CNS functions; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Neurotransmitters; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIESTROGEN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRONE; FULVESTRANT; GESTAGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID; MELATONIN; N BUTYL 11 (3,17BETA DIHYDROXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 7ALPHA YL) N METHYLUNDECANAMIDE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN C FOS; RALOXIFENE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; TAMOXIFEN; VASOPRESSIN; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGONIST; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SPECTROSCOPY; STRESS; SYNTHESIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HORMONE ACTION; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; SECOND MESSENGER; SLEEP;

EID: 37349045267     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro.2007.18.5.395     Document Type: Review

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