Sex steroids and the dentate gyrus
Hajszan T, Milner TA, Leranth C. Sex steroids and the dentate gyrus. Progress In Brain Research 2007, 163: 399-816. PMID: 17765731, PMCID: PMC1964752, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(07)63023-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDentate gyrusSex steroidsGonadal hormonesSynaptic remodelingActivational effectsNormal dentate gyrusExpression of estrogenDentate gyrus neurogenesisCholinergic septohippocampal systemNormal cognitive functionSteroid-mediated actionsMore granule cellsCertain mouse strainsGyrus neurogenesisNeuroprotective potentialDentate neuronsAndrogen receptorGonadal originDentate cellsAdult brainHippocampal formationGranule cellsCellular injuryClinical importanceAlzheimer's diseaseExtrinsic afferent systems to the dentate gyrus
Leranth C, Hajszan T. Extrinsic afferent systems to the dentate gyrus. Progress In Brain Research 2007, 163: 63-799. PMID: 17765712, PMCID: PMC1989689, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(07)63004-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDentate gyrusAfferent systemsMedial septum/diagonal bandExtrinsic afferent systemsVentral tegmental areaGranule cell dendritesPopulations of neuronsExtrinsic afferentsNoradrenergic afferentsCholinergic neuronsGlutamatergic innervationLocus ceruleusSerotonergic fibersCommissural afferentsGABAergic interneuronsPostsynaptic targetsEntorhinal afferentsTegmental areaCell dendritesDiagonal bandMedian rapheSupramammillary areaPontine nucleiHippocampal formationAfferents