Estrogen-regulated synaptogenesis in the hippocampus: Sexual dimorphism in vivo but not in vitro

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 24-29

  Fester, Lars ^a   Prange Kiel, Janine ^b   Zhou, Lepu ^a   Blittersdorf, Breda V ^a   Böhm, Julia ^a   Jarry, Hubertus ^c   Schumacher, Michael ^d   Rune, Gabriele M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; GnRH; Hippocampus; Letrozole; Spine synapses

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; LETROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITIC SPINES; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NITRILES; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEX FACTORS; SYNAPSES; TRIAZOLES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84861192107     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2011.11.010     Document Type: Review

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