Cholesterol-promoted synaptogenesis requires the conversion of cholesterol to estradiol in the hippocampus

Hippocampus

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 692-705

  Fester, Lars ^a   Zhou, Lepu ^a   Bütow, Andrea ^a   Huber, Cornelia ^a   Von Lossow, Richard ^a   Prange Kiel, Janine ^a   Jarry, Hubertus ^b   Rune, Gabriele M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Cholesterol; Letrozole; StAR knock down; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; FULVESTRANT; LETROZOLE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRILES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 67349113118     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20548     Document Type: Article

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