Prostaglandin E₂ regulates AMPA receptor phosphorylation and promotes membrane insertion in preoptic area neurons and glia during sexual differentiation.

Sexual differentiation of the rodent brain is dependent upon the organizing actions of the steroid hormone, estradiol. In the preoptic area, a brain region critical for the expression of adult reproductive behavior, there are twice as many dendritic spine synapses per unit length on newborn male neu...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Kathryn M Lenz, Christopher L Wright, Ryan C Martin, Margaret M McCarthy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3072395?pdf=render