Estrogen is more than just a 'sex hormone': Novel sites for estrogen action in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-101

  Shughrue, Paul J ^a   Merchenthaler, Istvan ^a  

^a WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; ER ; ER ; Estrogen receptor; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033970185     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1999.0190     Document Type: Editorial

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