Estrogen's place in the family of synaptic modulators

Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 258-262

  Kramár, Enikö A ^a   Chen, Lulu Y ^a   Rex, Christopher S ^a   Gall, Christine M ^a   Lynch, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; BDNF; Cofilin; LTP, spines

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COFILIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; F ACTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LATRUNCULIN A; PHALLOIDIN; RAC PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAY 200070;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 77953438326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19381247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4255/mcpharmacol.09.31     Document Type: Note

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