Estrogens and estrogen-like non-feminizing compounds. Their role in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 924, Issue , 2000, Pages 93-98

  Green, Pattie S ^a   Simpkins, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Estradiol; Estrogen; Estrogen replacement therapies; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DIHYDROEQUILIN; ESTROGEN; FULVESTRANT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTROPISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0034513825     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05566.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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