Estrogen receptor is expressed in different types of glial cells in culture

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 2058-2064

  Santagati, Sabrina ^a   Melcangi, Roberto C ^a   Celotti, Fabio ^a   Martini, Luciano ^a   Maggi, Adriana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Department of Structural and Functional Biology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Estrogen receptor; Glial cell; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0028076045     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.63062058.x     Document Type: Article

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