Ovarian hormones, aging and stress on hippocampal synaptic plasticity

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-144

  Foy, Michael R ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen; Hippocampus; Progesterone; Rat; Stress; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BINDING SITE; BRAIN REGION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79951773524     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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