Sex steroids and neurogenesis

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2017, Pages 56-62

  Heberden, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Androgens; BDNF; CREB; Estradiol; Estrogens; Hippocampus; Progesterone; Progestogens; Subventricular zone; Testosterone; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PHYTOESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; CELL RECEPTOR; STEROID;

AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SONGBIRD; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; STEROIDS;

EID: 85020192021     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2017.05.019     Document Type: Review

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