Rapid estrogen signaling in the brain: Implications for the fine-tuning of neuronal circuitry

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 45, 2011, Pages 16056-16063

  Srivastava, Deepak P ^a,b   Waters, Elizabeth M ^c   Mermelstein, Paul G ^d   Kramár, Enikö A ^e   Shors, Tracey J ^f   Liu, Feng ^g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SECOND MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80755143730     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4097-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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