Social isolation stimulates hippocampal estradiol synthesis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 480-484

  Munetsuna, Eiji ^a   Hattori, Minoru ^a   Komatsu, Shota ^a   Sakimoto, Yuya ^a   Ishida, Atsuhiko ^a   Sakata, Shogo ^a   Hojo, Yasushi ^b   Kawato, Suguru ^b   Yamazaki, Takeshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hippocampus; Molecular psychology; Neurosteroid; P450arom; Real time RT PCR; Social isolation; StAR

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 58249114212     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.12.076     Document Type: Article

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