Neuroprotection by estrogens in a mouse model of focal cerebral ischemia and in cultured neurons: Evidence for a receptor-independent antioxidative mechanism

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1263-1269

  Culmsee, Carsten ^a   Vedder, Helmut ^a   Ravati, Alexander ^a   Junker, Vera ^a   Otto, Dörte ^a   Ahlemeyer, Barbara ^a   Krieg, Jürgen Christian ^a   Krieglstein, Josef ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Estrogens; Mitochondria; Neuronal cell death; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYESTRADIOL; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FERROUS SULFATE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IRON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033497678     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199911000-00011     Document Type: Article

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