Evidence for novel estrogen binding sites in the rat hippocampus

Neuroscience

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 605-612

  Shughrue, P J ^a   Merchenthaler, I ^a  

^a WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; ER ; ER ; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NERVE DEGENERATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034706068     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00242-6     Document Type: Article

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