Regulation of Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity by Estrogen and Progesterone

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 82, Issue , 2010, Pages 219-239

  Foy, Michael R ^a   Baudry, Michel ^b   Akopian, Garnik K ^b   Thompson, Richard F ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hippocampus; LTD; LTP; Progesterone; Rat; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77955881216     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)82012-6     Document Type: Chapter

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