G-protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 is anatomically positioned to modulate synaptic plasticity in the mouse hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2384-2397

  Waters, Elizabeth M ^a   Thompson, Louisa I ^a,b   Patel, Parth ^b   Gonzales, Andreina D ^b   Ye, Hector Zhiyu ^b   Filardo, Edward J ^c   Clegg, Deborah J ^d   Gorecka, Jolanta ^a   Akama, Keith T ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a   Milner, Teresa A ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrogen receptors; Estrous cycle; G protein coupled receptors; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; PROTEIN KINASE B; DLGH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DLGH4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GPR30 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GUANYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL STRATUM LUCIDUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRATUM RADIATUM; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GUANYLATE KINASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84922572471     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1298-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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