Estrogen in the Limbic System

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 82, Issue , 2010, Pages 319-338

  ter Horst, Gert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CREB; estrogen receptors; major depression; neuroplasticity; pERK1 2; recovery; stress; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955896426     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)82017-5     Document Type: Chapter

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