Estrogen and adult neurogenesis in the amygdala and hypothalamus

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 342-351

  Fowler, Christie D ^a   Liu, Yan ^b   Wang, Zuoxin ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Growth factors; Social environment; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 40749110217     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.06.011     Document Type: Review

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