The neurons expressing calcium-binding proteins in the amygdala of the guinea pig: precisely designed interface for sex hormones

• Published in: Brain Structure and Function Vol. 222; no. 8; pp. 3775 - 3793
• Main Author: Równiak, Maciej
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Amygdala; Androgens; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Calbindin; Calbindin 2 - metabolism; Calbindins - metabolism; Calcium; Calcium-Binding Proteins - metabolism; Calretinin; Cell Biology; Estrogen Receptor alpha - metabolism; Estrogen Receptor beta - metabolism; Estrogens; Female; Gonadal Steroid Hormones - metabolism; Guinea Pigs; Immunohistochemistry; Information processing; Interneurons; Localization; Male; Mental disorders; Neurology; Neurons - metabolism; Neurosciences; Original; Original Article; Parvalbumin; Parvalbumins - metabolism; Receptors, Androgen - metabolism; Sex Characteristics; Sex hormones; Steroid hormones; Immunohistochemistry; Guinea pig; Amygdala; Calcium-binding proteins; Steroid hormone receptors

The generation of emotional responses by the amygdala is determined largely by the balance of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to its principal neurons. These responses are often sex-specific, and any imbalance in excitatory and/or inhibitory tones leads to serious psychiatric disorders which occur...