Chitose Orikasa

TL;DR: Estrogen regulates the synaptic plasticity and physiology of the hippocampus as well as learning behaviors that are mediated by the hippocampus and can have a direct effect on hippocampal neurons and that any sex differences in estrogen responsiveness is due to something other than sex Differences in ER levels or function in the hippocampus.

TL;DR: Findings provide support for the hypothesis that activation of ERβ in the AVPV is an important regulatory event in the female-typical induction of luteinizing hormone surge by estrogen.

TL;DR: The calbindin‐immunoreactive cell aggregates in the preoptic area of C57BL/6J and ddN mice are homologous to the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the rat pre optic area in terms of the morphology and sex steroid‐dependent organization.

TL;DR: Non-isotopic, digoxigenin (dig)-labeled, in situ hybridization histochemistry for the both ER forms were applied and the distribution of their messages in serial, frontal sections over the postnatal period and in the adult.

TL;DR: Results of quantification of ER mRNA by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction correlated well with results from ISHH: that is, ER mRNA expression decreased in the MBH but not in the POA, indicating that estrogen affects ER gene expression differently in these two brain regions.