Influence of different estrogens on neuroplasticity and cognition in the hippocampus

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1800, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1056-1067

  Barha, Cindy K ^a   Galea, Liisa A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; 17 estradiol; Cognition; Estrogen receptors; Estrone; Hippocampal neurogenesis; Hippocampus dependent learning and memory; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; 17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRONE; FULVESTRANT; NEUROSTEROID; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BIRTH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TARGETING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77956173214     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.01.006     Document Type: Review

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