Effect of estradiol and soy phytoestrogens on choline acetyltransferase and nerve growth factor mRNAs in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of female rats

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-125

  Pan, Yuanlong ^a   Anthony, Mary ^a   Clarkson, Thomas B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033008049     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.1999.d01-64.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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