Sex differences in the adolescent developmental trajectory of parvalbumin interneurons in the hippocampus: A role for estradiol

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-178

  Wu, YeeWen Candace ^a,b   Du, Xin ^a   Van den Buuse, Maarten ^a,b,c   Hill, Rachel A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dorsal hippocampus; Estrogen receptor ; Parvalbumin; Schizophrenia; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; PARVALBUMIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; GONADECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; PARVALBUMINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84901194257     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.03.016     Document Type: Article

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