Ovarian hormone deficiency reduces intrinsic excitability and abolishes acute estrogen sensitivity in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2638-2648

  Wu, Wendy W ^a   Adelman, John P ^b   Maylie, James ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESTROGENS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PROPANOLAMINES; PYRIDAZINES; RATS; TIME FACTORS; VALINE;

EID: 79951835437     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6081-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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