Estrogen-mediated effects on cognition and synaptic plasticity: What do estrogen receptor knockout models tell us?

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1800, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1090-1093

  Kim, Hyun Jin ^a   Casadesus, Gemma ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Cognition; Estrogen; Estrogen receptor (ERalpha; and ER ) ER knockout model; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA AGONIST; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAY 200070;

COGNITION; DIMERIZATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956169581     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.05.001     Document Type: Review

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