Signaling mechanisms mediating the regulation of synaptic plasticity and memory by estradiol

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-27

  Arevalo, Maria Angeles ^a   Azcoitia, Iñigo ^b   Gonzalez Burgos, Ignacio ^c   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Estrogen receptors; Growth factors; Hippocampus; Memory; Object recognition; Prefrontal cortex; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; WNT PROTEIN;

AGING; CONNECTOME; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MEMORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84941730988     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.04.016     Document Type: Review

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