Role of estrogens on some cognition-related aspects

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1742-1749

  Picazo, O ^a   Espinosa Raya, J ^a   Jimenez Trejo F ^b   Suarez, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic morphology; Estrogens; Hippocampus; Neurotransmitters; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GPR 30 RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; RECEPTOR; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN; SPINOPHILIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TAU PROTEIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAY 200070;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOSKELETON; DEMENTIA; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; EXOCYTOSIS; FOREBRAIN; HAPLORHINI; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONSET AGE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRATUM RADIATUM; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 79959957647     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802611796117658     Document Type: Review

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