Estradiol and GABAergic Transmission in the Hippocampus

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 82, Issue , 2010, Pages 279-300

  Wójtowicz, Tomasz ^a   Mozrzymas, Jerzy W ^a,b  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Development; Estradiol; GABA; Hippocampus; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77955866903     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)82015-1     Document Type: Chapter

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