Estrogen protects against 3-methylindole-induced olfactory loss

Brain Research

Volumn 824, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 312-315

  Dhong, Hun Jong ^a   Chung, Seung Kyu ^a   Doty, Richard L ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Methylindole; Estrogen; Olfactory function; Rat

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; SKATOLE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKATOLE;

EID: 0033541508     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01241-X     Document Type: Article

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