Roles for oestrogen receptor β in adult brain function

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-173

  Handa, R J ^a   Ogawa, S ^b   Wang, J M ^c   Herbison, A E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

3 diol; Aggressive behaviour; Androgen; Anxiety; Fertility; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone; Hormone replacement therapy; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Neurogenesis; Oestradiol; Paraventricular nucleus; Sexual behaviour; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GONADORELIN;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LORDOSIS; MENOPAUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84055197915     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02206.x     Document Type: Review

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