Equilin, a principal component of the estrogen replacement therapy Premarin, increases the growth of cortical neurons via an NMDA receptor- dependent mechanism

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-220

  Brinton, Roberta Diaz ^a   Proffitt, Pam ^a   Tran, Julie ^a   Luu, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; EQUILIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031259591     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6619     Document Type: Article

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