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Steroid hormones as mediators of neural plasticity

McEwen, Bruce S., Coirini, Hector, Westlind-Danielsson, Anita, Frankfurt, Maya, Gould, Elizabeth, Schumacher, Michael, Woolley, Catherine·1991·The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Steroid and thyroid hormone receptors are expressed in the developing brain and persist throughout adult life. They mediate a variety of effects on the brain, ranging from developmental effects of thyroid hormone and the process of sexual differentiation to the cyclic changes during reproductive cycles in adult female animals. This review summarizes data from the author's laboratory on three topics: (1) actions of extradiol and progesterone on the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus in adult female and male rats, showing both the cyclicity and the consequences of brain sexual differentiation; (2) actions of estradiol on the cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain of the female and male rat, reflecting the plasticity of the adult cholinergic system as well as sex differences which are developmentally programmed; and (3) diverse actions of estrogens, thyroid hormone and glucocorticoids on the morphology of hippocampal neurons. The review concludes by discussing the interactions between "organizational" (i.e. developmental) effects and the "activational" effects of steroids on the mature nervous system in relation to the environmental control of brain gene expression.

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Authors
McEwen, B. S., Coirini, H., Westlind-Danielsson, A., Frankfurt, M., Gould, E., Schumacher, M., & Woolley, C.
Affiliations
Rockefeller University (US)
Corresponding author
McEwen, Bruce S.
Venue
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1991-08
Volume
39
Issue
2
Pages
223-232
ISSN
0960-0760 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2032190198
Cited by
136
References
63
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
FWCI
1.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH-41256)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS007080, NS 07080)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
steroid hormones, neuroplasticity, ventromedial hypothalamus, estradiol, progesterone, sexual differentiation of the brain, estrous cycle, cholinergic neurons, basal forebrain, hippocampal neurons, estrogen, thyroid hormones, glucocorticoids, sex differences, organizational effects, activational effects, brain gene expression, reproductive cycle
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Female, Male, Neuronal Plasticity, Sex Characteristics, Steroids, Rats

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