Hippocampus
Do gonadal steroids affect neuronal morphology in the hippocampus?
Answer--yes!
- There is evidence that elevations in estrogen and progesterone can regulate the number of dendritic spines on neurons in the hippocampus in adult female rats.
Study by Gould et al. (1990):
Question: Does estrogen and progesterone regulate spine density in neurons within the hippocampus?
- spine density = number of spines per length of dendrite = number of synapses on spines