2024
Neuroactive steroids fluctuate with regional specificity in the central and peripheral nervous system across the rat estrous cycle
Cioffi L, Diviccaro S, Chrostek G, Caruso D, Garcia-Segura L, Melcangi R, Giatti S. Neuroactive steroids fluctuate with regional specificity in the central and peripheral nervous system across the rat estrous cycle. The Journal Of Steroid Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2024, 243: 106590. PMID: 39053702, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2024.106590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuroactive steroidsMenstrual cycleNervous systemEstrous cycleRat estrous cycleNeuroactive steroid levelsLevels of pregnenoloneSex steroid hormone levelsOvarian cycleRegulation of nervous functionsPeripheral nervous systemSteroid hormone levelsPsychiatric disordersSteroid patternBrain regionsHormone levelsTherapeutic consequencesNeuropathological eventsPeripheral nervesSteroid levelsNeuroprotective agentsNervous functionSteroidsPhysiological regulationProgesterone
1996
Synaptic remodeling in the arcuate nucleus during the estrous cycle is induced by estrogen and precedes the preovulatory gonadotropin surge
Naftolin F, Mor G, Horvath T, Luquin S, Fajer A, Kohen F, Garcia-Segura L. Synaptic remodeling in the arcuate nucleus during the estrous cycle is induced by estrogen and precedes the preovulatory gonadotropin surge. Endocrinology 1996, 137: 5576-5580. DOI: 10.1210/en.137.12.5576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreovulatory gonadotropin surgeArcuate nucleusGonadotropin surgeSynaptic retractionMorning of metestrusEstrous cycleMorning of estrusAxosomatic synapsesPhysiological synaptic plasticitySurge of gonadotropinsPreovulatory estradiol surgePreovulatory LH surgeEstradiol surgeCirculating estradiolHypothalamic mechanismsPreovulatory levelsEstrogen diethylstilbestrolSynaptic plasticityLH surgeSynaptic remodelingGonadotropinEstrogenMidcycleMorphological eventsOvarian cycle