Gonadal hormones modulate the dendritic spine densities of primary cortical pyramidal neurons in adult female rat

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2719-2727

  Chen, Jeng Rung ^a   Yan, Yu Ting ^a   Wang, Tsyr Jiuan ^b   Chen, Li Jin ^c   Wang, Yueh Jan ^d   Tseng, Guo Fang ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Taichung Nursing College   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Menopause; Ovariohysterectomy; PSD 95; Pyramidal neuron

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LUCIFER YELLOW; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARIOHYSTERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 66049154593     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp048     Document Type: Article

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