Sex-dependent alterations in BDNF-TrkB signaling in the hippocampus of reelin heterozygous mice: A role for sex steroid hormones

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 389-399

  Hill, Rachel A ^a,b   Wu, Yee Wen Candace ^a,b   Gogos, Andrea ^a,b   Van Den Buuse, Maarten ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

hippocampus; mice; neurotrophins; Reelin; Schizophrenia; sex hormones

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; REELIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS;

HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; NEUROTROPHINS; REELIN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX HORMONES;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTOR, TRKA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 84880573734     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12205     Document Type: Article

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