The influence of stress and gonadal hormones on neuronal structure and function

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-124

  Farrell, Mollee R ^a   Gruene, Tina M ^a   Shansky, Rebecca M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Estrogen; Estrous; Hippocampus; Prefrontal cortex; Spines; Stress

Indexed keywords

OVARY PEPTIDE HORMONE; SEX HORMONE;

CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC REMODELING; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; GONADAL HORMONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84947864942     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.03.003     Document Type: Review

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