Estrogen protects primary cortical neurons from glutamate toxicity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-16

  Singer, Cherie A ^a   Rogers, Keith L ^a,b   Strickland, Tamara M ^b   Dorsa, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Estrogen; Excitotoxicity; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIESTROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030570392     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12760-9     Document Type: Article

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