Estrogen regulation of spine density and excitatory synapses in rat prefrontal and somatosensory cerebral cortex

Steroids

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 614-623

  Khan, Mohammad M ^a   Dhandapani, Krishnan M ^a   Zhang, Quan Guang ^a   Brann, Darrell W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Kinase; Nongenomic; Synapse; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SPINOPHILIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BONE DENSITY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84876675798     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: 18785867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.12.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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