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Nuclear and extranuclear estrogen receptor-alpha in the hippocampus

Description:

Estrogens are traditionally thought to act through a nuclear receptor-mediated mechanism to regulate gene transcription in target tissues. The hippocampus has been shown to be sensitive to estrogen; estrogen regulates GABAergic inhibition and spine density of dorsal CA1 pyramidal cells. However, very few neurons expressing nuclear estrogen receptors (ERs) have...

Keyword:

electron microscopy, inhibitory interneurons, hippocampus, estrogen, estrogen receptors, and immunofluorescence

Subject:

Neuroscience Institute Graduate Program

Creator:

Sharron Hart

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

08/31/2018

Date Modified:

08/31/2018

Date Created:

2008-03-14

Resource Type:

Dissertation