Estrogens attenuate neuronal injury due to hemoglobin, chemical hypoxia, and excitatory amino acids in murine cortical cultures

Brain Research

Volumn 764, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Regan, Raymond F ^a   Guo, Yaping ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Brain ischemia; Cortical neuron; Equilin; Estradiol; Free radical; Glutamate; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

EQUILIN; ESTROGEN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; FREE RADICAL; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPOXIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; HEMOGLOBINS; MICE; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 0030848432     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00437-X     Document Type: Article

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