Astrocytes in the Amygdala

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 82, Issue , 2010, Pages 23-45

  Johnson, Ryan T ^a   Breedlove, S Marc ^a   Jordan, Cynthia L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Androgen; Astrocytes; Estrogen; Glia; Hormones; Microglia; Oligodendrocytes; Review

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77955914929     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)82002-3     Document Type: Chapter

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