期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 64, 期 1, 页码 34-46出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20143
关键词
androgen; estrogen; reproductive behavior; activity dependent; synapse
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [T32 HD07068] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS37324] Funding Source: Medline
This review focuses on the effect of gonadal steroid hormones, androgen and estrogen, on dendrites in the adult rat central nervous system (CNS). Four hormone-responsive nuclei are considered: The spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB), the medial nucleus of the amygdala (MeA), the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMN), and the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus. Particular emphasis is placed on the mode of hormone action in each nucleus. In the SNB, VMN, and hippocampus, hormones appear to mediate their effects indirectly, via cells other than those that display morphological plasticity. In the MeA, estrogen and/or androgen appears to act primarily on those cells whose dendrites are modulated by the hormone. Importantly, increasing levels of gonadal hormones do not simply result in increases in dendritic parameters. In the VMN, high levels of estrogen associated with proestrus increase dendritic spine density in one subset of cells and reduce spine density in another subset. The pyramidal cells of dorsal CA1 also undergo phasic changes in dendritic spine and synapse density across the estrous cycle. The estrogen-induced excitatory synapses connect with preexisting axonal boutons that also form synapses with other CA1 cells, thereby increasing the divergence of excitatory afferents to dorsal CA1. These findings indicate that gonadal steroids have a profound impact on the morphology of dendrites and patterns of synaptic connectivity. Consequently, the experimental manipulation of hormone levels is a powerful tool to study structure-function relationships in the mammalian brain. (c) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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