Synaptic estrogen receptor-α levels in prefrontal cortex in female rhesus monkeys and their correlation with cognitive performance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 12770-12776

  Wang, Athena C J ^a   Hara, Yuko ^a   Janssen, William G M ^a   Rapp, Peter R ^b   Morrison, John H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTRADIOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77957191406     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3192-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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