32 citations
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October 2015 in “Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience” This study found that in male rat hippocampal slices, DHT is necessary for low frequency stimulation-induced long-term depression, while E2 synthesis is essential for high frequency stimulation-induced long-term potentiation.
33 citations
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December 2017 in “Journal of neuroendocrinology” This study describes molecular mechanisms explaining how sex and stress steroids rapidly modulate dendritic spine formation in hippocampal neurons, suggesting recovery-like effects under steroid-depleted conditions compared to intact conditions.
10 citations
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February 2017 in “European journal of neuroscience/EJN. European journal of neuroscience” This study found that local synthesis of 17β-estradiol and 5α-dihydrotestosterone, combined with specific stimulation patterns, is crucial in determining the direction and strength of long-term synaptic effects in the hippocampal CA1 region of male rat slices.
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July 2005 in “Steroids” In this study, researchers developed a sensitive LC–MS–MS assay to measure 3α-androstanediol levels in rat plasma and observed that testosterone raises these levels via a 5α-reductase pathway.
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November 2013 in “PLoS ONE” This study demonstrates that locally synthesized estrogen and androgen neurosteroids play opposite roles in long-term synaptic changes in male rats' medial vestibular nucleus, with testosterone-dihydrotestosterone mediating long-term depression and 17β-estradiol mediating long-term potentiation.