Estrogen protects against the detrimental effects of repeated stress on glutamatergic transmission and cognition

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 588-598

  Wei, J ^a   Yuen, E Y ^a   Liu, W ^a   Li, X ^a   Zhong, P ^a   Karatsoreos, I N ^b   McEwen, B S ^c   Yan, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; estrogen; NMDA receptor; recognition memory; stress

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84899478264     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.83     Document Type: Article

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