Astrocytes and microglia respond to estrogen with increased apoE mRNA in vivo and in vitro

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 313-318

  Stone, David J ^a   Rozovsky, Irina ^a   Morgan, Todd E ^a   Anderson, Christopher P ^a   Hajian, Hagop ^a   Finch, Caleb E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031079601     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.6360     Document Type: Article

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