Oestrogen and the cholinergic hypothesis: Implications for oestrogen replacement therapy in postmenopausal women

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 230, Issue , 2000, Pages 94-111

  Gibbs, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; COGNITION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RAT; REVIEW;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COGNITION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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