Estrogens facilitate memory processing through membrane mediated mechanisms and alterations in spine density

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 388-402

  Luine, Victoria N ^a   Frankfurt, Maya ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; 7 Estradiol; Bisphenol A; Frontal cortex; Golgi impregnation; Hippocampus; Monoamines; Recognition memory; Spine density; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR AGONIST; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HORMONE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOESTROGEN;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN BINDING; EXPERIENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY PROCESSING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPINE; SPINE DENSITY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BRAIN; DENDRITIC SPINES; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; PHENOLS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 84868693762     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2012.07.004     Document Type: Review

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