Ray Peat: Estrogen Receptors -- what do they explain?

Acute membrane and ultrastructure

1. Rapid effects of gonadal steroids upon hypothalamic neuronal membrane ultrastructureJ Steroid Biochem · 1987 · PMID 3121927
2. The cellular effects of estrogens on neuroendocrine tissuesJ Steroid Biochem · 1988 · PMID 3290581
3. Estradiol induces rapid remodelling of plasma membranes in developing rat cerebrocortical neurons in cultureBrain Res · 1989 · PMID 2790487

Rapid neuronal electrophysiology

1. Mechanism of the rapid effect of 17 beta-estradiol on medial amygdala neuronsScience · 1986 · PMID 3726531
2. Electrophysiological evidence for a rapid membrane action of the gonadal steroid, 17 beta-estradiol, on CA1 pyramidal neurons of the rat hippocampusBrain Res · 1991 · PMID 2054668
3. Estradiol reduces calcium currents in rat neostriatal neurons via a membrane receptorJ Neurosci · 1996 · PMID 8551343
4. 17 beta-Estradiol potentiates kainate-induced currents via activation of the cAMP cascadeJ Neurosci · 1996 · PMID 8642406
5. Effects of estradiol on cerebral cortical neurons and their responses to adenosineBrain Res Bull · 1988 · PMID 3370499 · cited in Epilepsy and Progesterone
6. Role of female gonadal hormones in the CNS: clinical and experimental aspectsLife Sci · 1985 · PMID 3897752

Dopamine, serotonin, and catecholamines

1. Increase of serotonin receptors in rat uterus induced by estradiolJ Biol Chem · 1983 · PMID 6643435
2. Clomiphene blocks the effect of intravenous estradiol on the firing rate of rat nigral dopamine neuronsRes Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol · 1988 · PMID 3381008
3. Rapid conversion of high into low striatal D2-dopamine receptor agonist binding states after an acute physiological dose of 17 beta-estradiolNeurosci Lett · 1988 · PMID 2969467
4. The role of catecholamines in the distribution of steroid hormones in the striated and cardiac muscleRom J Endocrinol · 1993 · PMID 8173572

Progesterone, rapid and nongenomic

1. Inhibition of hypothalamic and pituitary muscarinic receptor binding by progesteroneNeuroendocrinology · 1988 · PMID 3374756
2. Progesterone promotes rapid desensitization of alpha 1-adrenergic receptor augmentation of cAMP formation in rat hypothalamic slicesNeuroendocrinology · 1992 · PMID 1319002

Mitochondria, DES, gap junctions, and lipid signals

1. Mitochondrial membrane potential changes in osteoblasts treated with parathyroid hormone and estradiolExp Cell Res · 1997 · PMID 9194489
2. Reversible inhibition of gap junctional communication elicited by several classes of lipophilic compounds in cultured rat cardiomyocytesCan J Cardiol · 1997 · PMID 9413243
3. Tamoxifen elicits rapid transmembrane lipid signal responses in human breast cancer cellsBreast Cancer Res Treat · 1995 · PMID 8573712

Membrane estrogen receptor, GnRH, and prostate calcium

1. Estradiol-17 beta and mu-opioid peptides rapidly hyperpolarize GnRH neurons: a cellular mechanism of negative feedback?Endocrinology · 1995 · PMID 7720682
2. The other estrogen receptor in the plasma membrane: implications for the actions of environmental estrogensEnviron Health Perspect · 1995 · PMID 8593873
3. 17 beta-estradiol stimulates a rapid Ca2+ influx in LNCaP human prostate cancer cellsEur J Endocrinol · 1996 · PMID 8890730 · cited in Prostate Cancer

Nongenomic reviews

1. Estrogen: nontranscriptional signaling pathwayRecent Prog Horm Res · 1997 · PMID 9238847
2. Nongenomic actions of steroids on gonadotropin releaseRecent Prog Horm Res · 1997 · PMID 9238848

Receptor stains, tumors, thyroid, and stress proteins

1. Estrogen receptor expression in bovine and rat retinasInvest Ophthalmol Vis Sci · 1998 · PMID 9761289
2. Cellular distribution of retinoic acid receptor-alpha protein in serous adenocarcinomas of ovarian, tubal, and peritoneal origin: comparison with estrogen receptor statusAm J Pathol · 1998 · PMID 9708807
3. Estrogen-receptor-related protein p29 in primary nonsmall cell lung carcinoma: pathologic and prognostic correlationsCancer · 1998 · PMID 9554526
4. Immunocytochemical detection of prostate specific antigen expression in human breast carcinoma cellsAnticancer Res · 1997 · PMID 9252683
5. Thyroid hormone receptor is a negative regulator in p53-mediated signaling pathwaysDNA Cell Biol · 1998 · PMID 9778033
6. Expression of the 150-kd oxygen-regulated protein in human breast cancerLab Invest · 1998 · PMID 9645760