Estrogen and female reproductive tract innervation: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of autonomic neuroplasticity

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 187, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-17

  Monica Brauer M ^a   Smith, Peter G ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Female reproductive tract; Neuroplasticity; Parasympathetic nerves; Sensory nerves; Sympathetic nerves

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTROGEN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRIMIN; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TARGET ORGAN; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84920267277     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2014.11.009     Document Type: Review

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