What can development teach us about menopause?

Brain Research

Volumn 1379, Issue , 2011, Pages 109-118

  McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; GABA; Glutamate; Neurogenesis; Sex differences; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; FEMINIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; MENOPAUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; NEUROGENESIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 79952312126     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.11.094     Document Type: Review

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