Estrogen effects on the brain: Actions beyond the hypothalamus via novel mechanisms

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-16

  McEwen, Bruce S ^a   Akama, Keith T ^a   Spencer Segal, Joanna L ^b   Milner, Teresa A ^a,c   Waters, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Cognition; Hippocampus; Mood; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOOD; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECOND MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861721798     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026708     Document Type: Article

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