Increased synaptic sprouting in response to estrogen via an apolipoprotein E-dependent mechanism: Implications for Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3180-3185

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Apolipoprotein J; Brain lesion; Estrogen; Sprouting; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CLUSTERIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0032080001     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-09-03180.1998     Document Type: Article

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