Female hippocampal estrogens have a significant correlation with cyclic fluctuation of hippocampal spines

Female hippocampal estrogens have a significant correlation with cyclic fluctuation of hippocampal spines

Synaptic plasticity of the female hippocampus may cyclically fluctuate across the estrous cycle. The spine density fluctuation had been explained by fluctuation of plasma estradiol (E2) and progesterone (PROG), with the assumption that these steroids penetrate into the hippocampus. Recently, however...

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Main Authors: Asami eKato, Yasushi eHojo, Shimpei eHigo, Yoshimasa eKomatsuzaki, Gen eMurakami, Hinako eYoshino, Masanao eUebayashi, Suguru eKawato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Subjects:
Dendritic Spines
Estradiol
Estrogens
Estrous Cycle
Hippocampus
Progesterone
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2013.00149/full

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