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ReviewHippocampus2012

Role of estrogen receptor alpha and beta expression and signaling on cognitive function during aging.

Thomas C Foster

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In one paragraph

Review in Hippocampus, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
126citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 228 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Sex, senescence, senolytics, and cognition.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025
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  14. The Role of Estrogen in Brain MicroRNAs Regulation.Advanced pharmaceutical bulletin · 2024
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66 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas C FosterDepartment of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0244, USA. Foster@mbi.ufl.edu
University of Florida · US

Funding

University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)P30AG028740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI CHRISTIAAN LEEUWENBURGH · 2007 to 2026
$22.8M
Estrogen and cognition over the lifespanR01AG037984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C, KUMAR, ASHOK · 2011 to 2022
$3.3M
Signaling cascades and memory deficits during agingR37AG036800 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C · 2010 to 2018
$2.6M
MECHANISMS FOR ALTERED SYNAPTIC FUNCTION DURING AGINGR01AG014979 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C · 1998 to 2011
$2.5M
Estrogen and cognition over the lifespanR56AG037984 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI FOSTER, THOMAS C · 2010 to 2010
$271k
NIA NIH HHS AG036800NIA NIH HHS AG037984NIA NIH HHS AG14979NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028740NIA NIH HHS R01 AG014979NIA NIH HHS R01 AG037984NIA NIH HHS R37 AG036800NIA NIH HHS R56 AG037984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review presents evidence for the idea that the expression of estrogen receptor alpha and beta (ERα and ERβ) interacts with the level of estradiol (E2) to influence the etiology of age-related cognitive decline and responsiveness to E2 treatments. There is a nonmonotonic dose response curve for E2 influences on behavior and transcription. Evidence is mounting to indicate that the dose response curve is shifted according to the relative expression of ERα and ERβ. Recent work characterizing age-related changes in the expression of ERα and ERβ in the hippocampus, as well as studies using mutant mice, and viral mediated delivery of estrogen receptors indicate that an age-related shift in ERα/ERβ expression, combined with declining gonadal E2 can impact transcription, cell signaling, neuroprotection, and neuronal growth. Finally, the role of ERα/ERβ on rapid E2 signaling and synaptogenesis as it relates to hippocampal aging is discussed.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsCognitionEstradiolEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogen Receptor betaFemaleHumansMemoryMemory DisordersMiceMice, KnockoutModels, BiologicalModels, PsychologicalNeurogenesisRatsEstradiolEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogen Receptor beta

Identifiers

PMID21538657
PMCPMC3704216
OpenAlexW2037611373

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