Gonadectomy differentially regulates steroid receptor coactivator-1 and synaptic proteins in the hippocampus of adult female and male C57BL/6 mice

Synapse

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 849-857

  Bian, Chen ^a   Zhu, Kongjiang ^a   Yang, Li ^b   Lin, Sen ^a,c   Li, Shurong ^c   Su, Bingyin ^c   Zhang, Jiqiang ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Sex differences; Sex hormones; Steroid receptor; Steroid receptor coactivator 1; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SEX HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GUANYLATE KINASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SEX FACTORS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 84864617123     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21574     Document Type: Article

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