Estrogen regulates neurofilament gene expression in adult female rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 596-599

  Scoville, Sheila A ^a   Bufton, Susan M ^a   Liuzzi, Francis J ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0031215052     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6565     Document Type: Article

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