Estrogenic support of motoneuron dendritic growth via the neuromuscular periphery in a sexually dimorphic motor system

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N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blockade inhibits estrogenic support of dendritic growth in a sexually dimorphic rat spinal nucleus

✍ Sara Louise Hebbeler; Tom Verhovshek; Dale Robert Sengelaub 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 353 KB

The lumbar spinal cord of rats contains the sexually dimorphic, steroid-sensitive spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB). Dendritic development of SNB motoneurons requires the action of both androgens and estrogens. Estrogenic effects are limited to the initial growth of SNB dendrites through 4