Estrogen synthesis in the brain-Role in synaptic plasticity and memory

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 31-43

  Hojo, Yasushi ^a   Murakami, Gen ^a   Mukai, Hideo ^a   Higo, Shimpei ^a   Hatanaka, Yusuke ^a   Ogiue Ikeda, Mari ^a   Ishii, Hirotaka ^a   Kimoto, Tetsuya ^a   Kawato, Suguru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Hippocampus; LTD; Neurosteroid; Spine

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; 2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ANDROSTANEDIOL; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450 (17ALPHA); DIZOCILPINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLOTILLIN 1; FULVESTRANT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; LETROZOLE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 1; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 47849086131     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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