Regulation of the mouse medial prefrontal cortical synapses by endogenous estradiol

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2086-2094

  Galvin, Christopher ^a   Ninan, Ipe ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUTAMIC ACID; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; DIESTRUS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROESTRUS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84904500495     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.56     Document Type: Article

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